Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2268
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَثَلُكُمْ وَمَثَلُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابَيْنِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ أُجَرَاءَ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ غُدْوَةَ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ فَعَمِلَتِ الْيَهُودُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ فَعَمِلَتِ النَّصَارَى ثُمَّ، قَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى أَنْ تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ فَأَنْتُمْ هُمْ، فَغَضِبَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى، فَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا أَكْثَرَ عَمَلاً، وَأَقَلَّ عَطَاءً قَالَ هَلْ نَقَصْتُكُمْ مِنْ حَقِّكُمْ قَالُوا لاَ. قَالَ فَذَلِكَ فَضْلِي أُوتِيهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ ".
Narrated Ibn Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Your example and that of the two People of the Book is like that of a man who hired workers. He said, ‘Who will work for me from morning until midday for one qirat?’ The Jews worked. Then he said, ‘Who will work for me from midday until the afternoon prayer for one qirat?’ The Christians worked. Then he said, ‘Who will work for me from the afternoon prayer until sunset for two qirats?’ You are they. The Jews and the Christians became angry and said, ‘Why have we done more work yet received less pay?’ He said, ‘Have I withheld any of your due?’ They said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘That is My bounty; I give it to whomever I will.’"
Translation notes
The Arabic says ‘the two People of the Book’; the parenthetical identification as Jews and Christians appears only in the English witness. ‘You are they’ follows the Arabic wording.