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CHAPTER: REWARD AND HIRE CONTRACTS
398—Both consist of stipulating a specified payment for whoever performs a task: the task may be specified or unspecified in a reward contract, but must be specified in a hire contract; alternatively, the hire may be for a benefit that the provider is obligated to furnish.
399—Whoever performs that for which payment was stipulated under either contract is entitled to the compensation; otherwise, he is not1.
1. The shaykh held that if the offeror terminates the reward contract, the worker is entitled to a proportionate share of the stipulated reward, rather than the customary remuneration for equivalent work. *Al-Mukhtārāt al-Jaliyya*, p. 95.
بَابُ الْجَِعَالَةِ والإِجَارَةِ
٣٩٨- وَهْمًا: جَعْلُ مَالٍ مَعْلُومٍ لِمَنْ يَعْمَلُ لَهُ عَمَلاً مَعْلُومًا، أَوْ مَجْهُولاً فِي اَلْجَعَالَةِ، وَمَعْلُومًا فِي اَلْإِجَارَةِ، أَوْ عَلَى مَنْفَعَةٍ فِي اَلذِّمَّةِ.
٣٩٩- فَمَنْ فَعَلَ مَا جُعِلَ عليه فيهما، استحق العوض، وإلا فلا١.
١ قرر الشيخ أن فسخ الجعالة إذا كات من الجاعل كان للعامل حصته من المسمى لا من أجرة المثل. "المختارات الجلية، ص: ٩٥".