What is the right of a laborer hired for a fixed quantity of work if the structure collapses after completion?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Leasing
Primary text
If a person is hired to build one thousand bricks in a wall, or if hired to build for a specific day, and he completes the agreed-upon work, yet the wall subsequently collapses, he is entitled to his full wage because he fulfilled his obligation concerning the labor.