Islom shaxsga xodimlar va mehnat qiluvchilarni, ya'ni ishchilarni o'ziga ishlatishga ruxsat bergan. Alloh (SWT) shunday degan:

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

“Biz ular o‘rtasida dunyo hayotidagi rizqlarini taqsim qilganmiz va ularning ba’zilarini boshqalaridan daraja jihatidan yuqori qo‘yganmiz, toki ular bir-birlarini o‘z ishlarida xizmatga olsinlar....” [Az-Zukhruf: 32] Ibn Shihob rivoyat qilishicha, Urva ibn Az-Zubayr aytgan: Mo‘minlarning onasi Oisha (roziyallohu anho) aytdilar: “Allohning Elchisi ﷺ va Abu Bakr Bani ad-Deel qabilasidan bir kishini tajribali yo‘lboshchi sifatida yollashdi. U Quraysh kofirlari bilan bir dinda edi. Ular unga o‘zlarining ikki minib yuradigan urg‘ochi tuyalarini topshirdilar va uch kechadan keyin, uchinchi kechaning tongida, ikki tuyalari bilan Savr g‘origa kelishini belgilashdi.” Alloh (subhanahu va taolo) yana aytadi:

“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:

"Agar ular (onalar) sizning uchun emizgan bo'lsalar, ularga haqlarini bering" [At-Talaq: 6].

“If they (the mothers) suckled for you, give them their wages” [At-Talaq: 6].

Buxoriy Abu Hurayradan rivoyat qiladi, u aytdi: Payg‘ambar ﷺ aytdilar: “Allah azza va jalla aytadi: ‘Qiyomat kuni uch toifa odamga qarshi Men dushman bo‘laman: Mening nomim bilan va’da bergan, keyin esa aldagan kishi; ozod odamni sotib, uning pulini yeb qo‘ygan kishi; va ishchi yollab, u ishni to‘liq bajargan, ammo unga haqini bermagan kishi.’” Yollash — yollangan shaxs tomonidan ish tanlovchiga foyda yetkazish va ish beruvchidan yollangan shaxsga mol-mulk berish demakdir. Shu sababli u foyda evaziga haq to‘lash shartnomasi sifatida ta’riflanadi. Ishchi yollash shartnomasi yo ishchi bajargan ishning foydasiga, yoki ishchining o‘zining foydasiga asoslangan bo‘ladi. Agar shartnoma ish foydasiga asoslangan bo‘lsa, shartnoma predmeti ish natijasida yuzaga keladigan foyda bo‘ladi, masalan, tozalovchi, temirchi va duradgorni yollash kabi ma’lum ishlarning hunarmandlarini yollash. Agar shartnoma shaxsning o‘zining foydasiga asoslangan bo‘lsa, shartnoma predmeti shaxsning foydasi bo‘ladi, masalan, xizmatkorlarni va shunga o‘xshash boshqa turdagi ishchilarni yollash. Bunday shartnomada ishchi ish beruvchi uchun ma’lum vaqt davomida, masalan, zavodda, bog‘da ishlaydigan kishi yoki dehqon kabi, ma’lum ish haqi evaziga ishlaydi. Davlat xizmatchilari (hukumat xodimlari) ana shu toifaga kiradi. Yoki u har kimga ma’lum bir ish qilib berishi mumkin, bunda u bajargan ish uchun haq evaziga ishlaydi. Bunday ishlarga misollar: duradgorlar, tikuvchilar va poyabzalchilar. Birinchi turdagi mehnat xususiy mehnat, ikkinchisi esa umumiy mehnat hisoblanadi.

Bukhari narrated from Abu Hurairah who stated that the Prophet (pbuh) (pbuh) said: “Allah azza wa jalla said, ‘I will be the opponent of three (types of) people on the Day of Judgement: A man who gave (a word) in My name then He deceived, a man who sold a free person and devoured his price, and a man who hired a worker where He received (the work) from Him in full and did not give Him his wage.’” Hiring is delivering a benefit by the hired person to the employer and delivering property from the employer to the employed. It is thus described as a contract to provide a benefit in return for a recompense. The contract of hiring a worker is either based on the benefit of the work carried out by the worker or on the benefit of the worker himself. If the contract is based on the benefit of the work then the contracted matter is the benefit produced by the work, like hiring the craftsmen of certain works, such as hiring the cleaner, the blacksmith and the carpenter. However, if the contract is based on the benefit of the person himself, then the contracted matter is the benefit of the person, like hiring of servants and other similar types of workers. In such a contract the worker works for the employer only for a certain period of time, such as the person who works in a factory, a garden or a farmer, in return for a certain wage. Civil servants (Government employees) fall in this category. Alternatively, He may have a certain job for anyone where He works in return for a wage for the work done. Examples of such jobs are carpenters, tailors and shoemakers. The first type of labour is private labour, while the second one is common labour.