Does a person’s condition of receiving a wage for work he performs fall under the forbidden bribe?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The sender, M-D-Z from Riyadh, says in her question: Sometimes I say to my sisters or colleagues, “I will do such and such, but on the condition that you give me such and such.” Is this form considered a bribe? And what is the difference between a person conditioning a wage for his work and a bribe?

Answer:
A bribe is for employees who have salaries from the state and who carry out people’s tasks and transactions. It is not permissible for them to pay a bribe; it is illicit, forbidden, and the one who pays it is cursed, and the one who takes it is cursed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who gives the bribe and the one who takes it. As for paying a wage to one who performs a task, that is a permissible wage, one of the permissible contracts.
As for the fact that you hire me , meaning to tend the sheep for eight years, this is a permissible wage according to the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Muslims. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes.