Question 1048) - Can you explain further? There are many kinds of work with many differences between them.

A: The fee does not become payable with the mere making of the agreement. The labourer is entitled in one of three ways - either the condition of early payment is made, or the hirer pays early, or the conditions of the agreement were fulfilled. Here are some examples:
1. A landlord can daily demand rent for a house, unless the contract stipulates a time of entitlement.? 2. A camel-driver can ask for his fee at every stopping station from his passengers. 3. A man hires a baker to bake bread at his house at a Dirham per Qafiz. The baker is not entitled to the fee until the bread is taken out from the oven.4. A man hires someone to make bricks. According to Imaam Abu Hanifa RAH. he is not entitled to his fee until the brick is formed. According to the other two, he is not entitled until the bricks are piled up and dry.

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