Uislamu uliruhusu mtu binafsi kuajiri wafanyakazi na wafanyabiashara, yaani wafanyakazi wa kazi, wafanye kazi kwa ajili yake. Allah (SWT) amesema:

Islam allowed the individual to employ employees and labourers i.e. workers to work for him. Allah (swt) said:

"Sisi ndio tunaogawa kati yao riziki yao katika maisha ya dunia, na tumewainua baadhi yao juu ya wengine kwa daraja, ili baadhi yao wawatumie wengine katika kazi zao...." [Az-Zukhruf: 32] Ibn Shihab amesimulia kuwa Urwah ibn Az-Zubair alisema kuwa Aisha (ra), mama wa waumini, alisema: "Mtume wa Allah ﷺ na Abu Bakr walimwajiri mtu kutoka Bani ad-Deel kuwa mwongozaji mwenye uzoefu, wakati yeye alikuwa wa dini moja na makafiri wa Quraish. Wakamkabidhi ngamia wao wawili wa kike wa kupanda, na wakamwekea miadi ya kukutana nao kwenye pango la Thawr baada ya usiku tatu, asubuhi ya usiku wa tatu wakiwa na ngamia wao wawili." Allah (SWT) pia amesema:

“It is We who portion out between them their livelihood in this world, and We raised some of them above others in ranks so that some may employ others in their work....” [Az-Zukhruf: 32] Ibn Shihab narrated that Urwah ibn Az-Zubair said that Aisha (ra), the mother of the believers said: “The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and Abu Bakr hired a man from Bani ad-Deel as an experienced guide when He was of the same deen as the kuffar of Quraish. They handed to Him their two female riding camels, and fixed an appointment with Him to meet them at the cave of Thawr after three nights, at the morning of the third night with their two camels.” Allah (swt) also said: