Sharia ya Kiislamu inamfafanua mfanyakazi kuwa kila mtu anayefanya kazi kwa ujira, iwe mwajiri ni mtu binafsi, au kikundi, au Dola. Kwa hiyo neno mfanyakazi linahusu kila mtu anayefanya kazi ya aina yoyote ile.

The Islamic Shar’a defines the employee as every person who works for a wage, whether the employer is an individual, or a group, or a State. So the term employee applies to everyone who works in any type of work,

hakuna tofauti yoyote katika hukumu ya Sharia kati ya mfanyakazi wa Dola na mfanyakazi wa wengine. Kwa hiyo, kuhusu mfanyakazi wa Dola, mfanyakazi wa kikundi, na mfanyakazi wa mtu binafsi, kila mmoja wao ni mfanyakazi, na sheria za kazi zinamhusu. Kwa maneno mengine, kila mmoja wao ni mwajiriwa na kanuni za kuajiri zinamhusu. Hivyo, mkulima ni mwajiriwa, mtumishi wa nyumbani ni mwajiriwa, wafanyakazi wa viwandani ni waajiriwa, makarani wa wafanyabiashara ni waajiriwa, watumishi wa umma ni waajiriwa, na kila mmoja wao ni mfanyakazi. Hii ni kwa sababu mkataba wa kuajiri unahusu manufaa ya mali, manufaa ya kazi, au manufaa ya mtu. Kama ungetumika kwa manufaa ya mali, basi mada ya mwajiriwa haijumuishwi humo, kwa kuwa yeye hana uhusiano nayo. Kama ungetumika kwa manufaa ya kazi, kama kuajiri mafundi kwa kazi fulani, au kama ungetumika kwa manufaa ya mtu, kama kuajiri watumishi na wafanyakazi, basi haya yanamhusu mwajiriwa, na hii ndiyo mada ya uajiri inayomhusu.

with no difference in the divine rule between the employee of the State and the employee of others. So concerning the employee of the State, the employee of the group, and the employee of the individual, each of them is a worker, and the laws of labour apply on them. In other words each of them is an employee and the rules of hiring apply on them. So the farmer is an employee, the servant is an employee, the workers in factories are employees, the clerks of merchants are employees, the civil servants are employees, and every one of them is a worker. This is because the contract of hiring is over the benefits of the assets, the benefit of the work or the benefit of the person. If this were to be applied on the benefits of the assets then the subject of the employee is not included in it, as he has no relation with it. If it were to be applied on the benefit of the work such as hiring a craftsmen for certain works, or if it applies on the benefit of the person such as hiring servants and workers, then these relate to the employee, and this is what the subject of employment applies upon.