(1) CHAPTER. To hire a pious man.
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: The Prophet said, The honest treasurer who gives willingly what he is ordered to give, is one of the two charitable persons, (the second being the owner).
Narrated Abu Musa: I went to the Prophet with two men from Ash`ari tribe. I said (to the Prophet), I do not know that they want employment. The Prophet said, No, we do not appoint for our jobs anybody who demands it earnestly.