´It was narrated that 'Ali said:` “I used to draw water, one bucket for a date, and I stipulated that they should be good quality, dried dates.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
Our esteemed researcher has declared the mentioned narration to be weak in its chain of transmission, whereas some other scholars have considered it to be hasan. Therefore, the wage should be determined before commencing the work.
For details, see (al-Irwa’ by al-Albani: 5/313, 315)
(2)
It is permissible to set appropriate conditions regarding the work of labor or its wage.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2447