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Bayhaqi 11655 — Hiring is not valid until the work and the wage

وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الْعَدْلُ، ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي، ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، ثنا سُلَيْمُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: " نَشَأْتُ يَتِيمًا، وَهَاجَرْتُ مِسْكِينًا، وَكُنْتُ أَجِيرًا لِابْنِ عَفَّانَ وَابْنَةِ غَزْوَانَ عَلَى طَعَامِ بَطْنِي وَعُقْبَةِ رِجْلِي، أَحْتَطِبُ لَهُمْ إِذَا نَزَلُوا، وَأَحْدُو بِهِمْ إِذَا سَارُوا، فَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الدِّينَ قِوَامًا، وَأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِمَامًا " ⦗٢٠٠⦘ فَلَيْسَ فِي هَذَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلِمَ بِهِ فَأَقَرَّهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا مُوَاضَعَةً بَيْنَهُمْ عَلَى سَبِيلِ التَّرَاضِي لَا عَلَى سَبِيلِ التَّعَاقُدِ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I grew up an orphan and I emigrated as a poor man, and I was a hired worker for Ibn Affan and the daughter of Ghazwan, in return for the food of my stomach and a turn at riding. I would gather firewood for them when they camped, and chant the camel-song for them when they travelled.
So all praise is for Allah, who made the religion a mainstay and made Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) an imam.
There is nothing in this to show that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) knew of it and let it stand, and it is possible that this was an arrangement between them by way of mutual consent, not by way of a contract.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الإجارة / 11655
Hadith Grading محدثین: ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij «ضعيف۔ ابن ماجه 247»