37. Hiring

٣٧۔ كتاب الإجارة

37.13 To employ himself to carry loads, and the wages of porters

٣٧۔١٣ باب مَنْ آجَرَ نَفْسَهُ لِيَحْمِلَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ. ثُمَّ تَصَدَّقَ بِهِ وَأُجْرَةِ الْحَمَّالِ

bukhari:2273Saʿīd b. Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > Abū Masʿūd al-Anṣārī

Whenever Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to give in charity we would go to the market and work as porters to earn a Mudd (two handfuls) (of foodstuff) but now some of us have one-hundred thousand Dirhams or Diners. (The sub-narrator) Shaqiq said, "I think Abu Masʿud meant himself by saying (some of us) .  

البخاري:٢٢٧٣حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ

عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمَرَ بِالصَّدَقَةِ انْطَلَقَ أَحَدُنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ فَيُحَامِلُ فَيُصِيبُ الْمُدَّ وَإِنَّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ لَمِائَةَ أَلْفٍ قَالَ مَا نُرَاهُ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ