Company employees and those employed by individuals have the same rights and duties as employees of the State. Everyone who works for a wage, irrespective of the nature of the work, is considered an employee. In matters of dispute between employers and employees over salary levels, the salary level is to be assessed on the basis of the market. If they disagree over something else, the employment contract is to be assessed according to the rules of the Shari’ah.

Its evidence is the evidence for hiring, since the employee is hired; Allah (swt) said:

“And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their paymen.” (TMQ 65:6), and the Prophet said in a Qudsi narration:

.» قَالَ اللهُ: ثَلاثَةٌ أَنَا خَصْمُهُمْ يوَْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ «. “Allah (swt) said: I am the opponent of three on the Day of Resurrection” until he said:

.» وَرَجُلٌ اسْتَأْجَرَ أَجِيرًا فَاسْتَوْفََ مِنْه وَلََْ يعُْطِ أَجْرَه «.

“and a man who hires a worker, makes use to him, then does not give him his wages.” (reported by Al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah).

If the salary was not known, the contract of employment is legitimately contracted and if there is a dispute over its value then its calculation is referred to the market value. So, if the salary is not mentioned in the employment contract, or if the employee and employer differed over the mentioned salary, then the market salary level is referred to, and that is analogous to the issue of marriage dowry. When the dowry is not explicitly mentioned, or there is a dispute over it, then the custom is the referee. This is based upon what was reported by Al-Nisa’i and Al-Tirmidhi who said it was Hasan Sahih:

. عَن ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَلََْ يفَْرِضْ لََاَ صَدَاقًا وَلََْ يَدْخُلْ بَِِا « حَتََّّ مَاتَ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: لََاَ مِثْلُ صَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا لا وَكْسَ وَلا شَطَطَ، وَعَلَيْهَا العِدَّةُ وَلََاَ فِي بِرْوَعَ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ امْرَأَةٍ الميِرَاثُ ، فَقَامَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الأَشْجَعِ ي فَقَالَ: قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ » مِنَّا مِثْلَ الَّذِي قَضَيْتَ، فَفَرِحَ بَِِا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ .