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

Book 25 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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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.