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Reward or wage (ajr)

أجر

For jurists, ajr is the consideration for work, whether from God or from people, though a reward from God is a bounty. It also means the price of a benefit, whether of land or of a movable. 1 The Qur'an calls a woman's dowry an ajr, and what is given to a nurse for suckling is also called ajr. 1 The jurists treat questions of ajr for work and benefit within the lease. 1

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The Prophetic Era
Region
Global / Diaspora
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Summary

For jurists, ajr is the consideration for work, whether it comes from God or from people, though a reward from God is a bounty. It also means the price of a benefit, whether of a building, such as lodging in a house, or of a movable, such as riding in a car. 1

Qur'anic usage

The Qur'an calls what is given to a nursing woman an ajr, and calls a woman's dowry an ajr. 1

Where the topic is treated

Jurists treat questions of ajr for work and benefit within the lease. 1

People and things also explored

Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.1592
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islam.museum contributors. “Reward or wage (ajr)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/ajr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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