Hadith 182

Sahih Bukhari

Book 56: Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)

Chapter 120

The labourer

باب الأَجِيرِ

Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin state that a labourer should be given a share from the war booty. Atiyya bin Qais hired a horse for half of its share (of the war booty). The share of the horse amounted to four hundred Dinar, so he retained two hundred and gave two hundred to the owner of the horse.
وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ وَابْنُ سِيرِينَ يُقْسَمُ لِلأَجِيرِ مِنَ الْمَغْنَمِ. وَأَخَذَ عَطِيَّةُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ فَرَسًا عَلَى النِّصْفِ، فَبَلَغَ سَهْمُ الْفَرَسِ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَأَخَذَ مِائَتَيْنِ وَأَعْطَى صَاحِبَهُ مِائَتَيْنِ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2973
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ، فَحَمَلْتُ عَلَى بَكْرٍ، فَهْوَ أَوْثَقُ أَعْمَالِي فِي نَفْسِي، فَاسْتَأْجَرْتُ أَجِيرًا، فَقَاتَلَ رَجُلاً، فَعَضَّ أَحَدُهُمَا الآخَرَ فَانْتَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَنَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَهْدَرَهَا فَقَالَ ‏ ‏‏.‏
"‏ أَيَدْفَعُ يَدَهُ إِلَيْكَ فَتَقْضَمُهَا كَمَا يَقْضَمُ الْفَحْلُ ‏"
Yali:

I participated in the Ghazwa of Tabuk along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I gave a young camel to be ridden in Jihad and that was, to me, one of my best deeds. Then I employed a laborer who quarrelled with another person. One of them bit the hand of the other and the latter drew his hand from the mouth of the former pulling out his front tooth. Then the former instituted a suit against the latter before the Prophet who rejected that suit saying, "Do you expect him to put out his hand for you to snap as a male camel snaps (vegetation)?"