Mtu yeyote mwenye uraia na mwenye uwezo, mwanamume au mwanamke, Mwislamu au asiye Mwislamu, anastahiki kuteuliwa kuwa mkurugenzi wa idara yoyote ya utawala au kuwa mfanyakazi ndani yake. Hili limechukuliwa kutoka kwenye kanuni za kuajiri (Ijara), ambapo inaruhusiwa kumwajiri mtu yeyote, awe Mwislamu au asiye Mwislamu. Hii ni kwa sababu dalili za kuajiri zimekuja kwa njia ya jumla. Allah (SWT) anasema: “Na kama wakinyonyesha kwa ajili yenu, basi wapeni ujira wao.” [TMQ At-Talaq: 6]

Anyone who holds citizenship and is competent, man or woman, Muslim or non-Muslim is eligible to be appointed as a director of any administrative department or to be an employee in it. This is taken from the rules of hiring (Ijara) where it is permitted to hire any person whether Muslim or non-Muslim. This is because the evidences for hiring are in general form. Allah (swt) says; “And if they suckled for you, do give them their wage.” [TMQ At-Talaq: 6]

Hii ni dalili ya jumla. Al-Bukhari amepokea kutoka kwa Abu Hurairah, kutoka kwa Mtume wa Allah ﷺ, ambaye alisema: "Allah (SWT) amesema: Nitawashtaki watu watatu siku ya Kiyama... na mtu aliyemwajiri mfanyakazi, akapata kazi kutoka kwake lakini hakumlipa ujira wake." Dalili hii pia ni ya jumla. Mtume wa Allah ﷺ mwenyewe aliwahi kumwajiri mtu mmoja kutoka Banu Ad-Deel ambaye hakuwa Mwislamu, jambo linaloonyesha kuwa inaruhusiwa kumwajiri asiyekuwa Mwislamu kama ilivyo kumwajiri Mwislamu. Pia inaruhusiwa kumwajiri mwanamke kama ilivyo kumwajiri mwanamume, kwa kufuata dalili za jumla. Kwa hiyo, inaruhusiwa kwa mwanamke kuwa mkurugenzi wa idara ya serikali au kuwa mmoja wa wafanyakazi wake, na inaruhusiwa kwa asiyekuwa Mwislamu kuwa mkurugenzi wa idara ya serikali au mfanyakazi katika idara hiyo, kwani wote hao ni wafanyakazi walioajiriwa, na dalili kuhusu kuajiri ni za jumla. Kuhusu sharti la uraia katika ajira, ni kwa sababu raia ndiye anayetekelezewa kanuni, na kanuni hazitekelezwi kwa wale ambao hawana uraia, yaani wale wasiokaa katika ardhi ya Kiislamu hata kama ni Waislamu. Hii ni kwa sababu Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alisema alipokuwa akitoa maagizo kwa Amiri wa jeshi:

This is general evidence. Al-Bukhari narrated from Abu Hurairah from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said; “Allah (swt) said; I will challenge three people on the day of Judgement... and a man who employed a labourer, He received from Him (the work) but did not give Him his wage.” This evidence is also general. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) himself once hired a man from Banu Ad-Deel who was a non-Muslim, which indicates that it is permitted to hire a non-Muslim just as it is to hire a Muslim. It is also permitted to hire a woman just as it is to hire a man, following the generality of the evidences. Therefore, it is permitted for a woman to be a director of a government department or to be one of its employees, and it is permitted for a non-Muslim to be a director of a government department or an employee in that department, for they are all hired staff, and the evidences about hiring are general. As for the requirement of citizenship in employment, this is because the citizen is subject to the implementation of the rules, and the rules are not implemented on those who do not hold the citizenship, i.e. those who do not settle in the Islamic land even if they were Muslims. This is because the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said while instructing the Ameer of the armed forces:

"Kisha waambie wahame kutoka ardhi yao waende katika ardhi ya Muhajirina, na wajulishe kwamba wakifanya hivyo watapata haki zile zile za Muhajirina na watawajibika kwa majukumu yale yale." [Narrated by Muslim, by way of Buraydah]

“Then ask them to move from their land to the land of the Muhajireen, and inform them that if they did so they would enjoy the same rights as the Muhajireen and would be subject to the same duties.” [Narrated by Muslim, by way of Buraydah]

Hii inamaanisha kwamba kama wangelikuwa hawajahama, basi wasingekuwa na haki zilezile, na pengine wasingekuwa na wajibu uleule, hata kama wangekuwa Waislamu. Watu wanaotajwa hapa ndio wale ambao hukumu hizi zinawatekelezwa; vinginevyo ingekuwa inaruhusiwa kuajiri wale ambao hawana uraia, kutokana na ujumla wa dalili zinazohusu kuajiri.

This means that if they did not move they would not have the same rights and they would not necessarily have the same duties, even if they were Muslims. The persons referred to here are those upon whom the rules are implemented; otherwise it would have been permitted to hire those who do not hold citizenship due to the generality of the evidence about hiring.