761 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated, in the incident of the hired worker (ʿasīf), that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Set out in the morning, O Unays, to this man’s wife; if she admits it, then stone her.” The hadith is agreed upon (1).

Glossary of Terms
• al-ʿasīf: From ʿasafa l-ṭarīqa—“to tread a path unintentionally.” By extension it came to mean a hired laborer, because such a person wanders the roads seeking work. Here ʿasīf means “employee” in both form and sense.
• ighdu: An imperative of ghadā – yaghdu (to go out in the early morning), pattern of qaʿada. Literally, “go at daybreak,” i.e., between the dawn prayer and sunrise. Al-Miṣbāḥ states that this was the original sense, but common usage broadened it to “set out” at any time.
• Unays: Diminutive of Anas, vocalized ʾU-nays (initial hamzah with ḍammah, nūn with fatḥah, yāʾ sukūn, final sīn). He is Unays ibn al-Ḍaḥḥāk al-Aslamī of the tribe of Aslam.
• farjum-hā: From rajama – yarjumu (to pelt with stones). The primary meaning is to stone a person to death; other usages are derived from it.

Lessons Derived from the Three Hadiths
1 – Hadith 759 demonstrates the validity of appointing an agent to collect the prescribed charity from those upon whom it is due.