Chapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions

Harun bin Hamzah Al-Ghanawi narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: I asked him about a man who hired a laborer, but neither of them trusted the other, so they deposited the wages with a third person. Then that third person died without leaving anything to cover the wages, and the wages were lost. Imam عليه السلام said: 'The employer is responsible for the wages of the laborer until they are settled, unless the laborer had invited the employer to do so and agreed to it. If he did, then his right is where he placed it and what he agreed upon.'