Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 21723 — A hired worker: is he liable or not?

Abu al-Haytham al-Attar said: I hired a labourer to carry a load for me, and he broke my goods. I took the case against him to the court of Shurayh, who held him liable and said: He hired you to deliver the goods; he did not hire you to break them.