What is the ruling when there is a disagreement over wages?

Question:
Abu Muhammad from Ta'if, please, Abu Muhammad. Hello, peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. I say, Honorable Shaykh, I have a mother who hired some workers to work in our home. Before starting the work, we asked them about their wages, but they said, in colloquial terms, that there was no difference and they did not specify a certain price. After finishing the work, we offered them a price as is offered to people in the market, but they refused it and disagreed with us on that, and they refused to take their wages. What is the ruling on this work? Do we give them what we give the others? And if they refuse the wage, how do we dispose of it? May Allah reward you.

Answer:
Give them what is customary for their like among the maids in homes, what is customary. This is their right upon you. If you had stipulated it from the beginning, that would have been better, but if you did not stipulate it, the hired maid, whether borrowed or rented, is given the wage of the like. If she does not accept it, then she is the one who wasted her right.