Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2443
حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ السُّلَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَعْطُوا الأَجِيرَ أَجْرَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَجِفَّ عَرَقُهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Dimashqi narrated to us: Wahb ibn Said ibn Atiyyah al-Sulami narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam narrated to us, from his father, from Abdullah ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Give the worker his wages before his sweat dries.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic imperative and timing image are concise and direct; both are preserved.