Allah the Exalted said: << قالت إحداهما يآ أبت استأجره إن خير من استأجرت القوي الأمين >

One of them said, and she is the one sent "The elder or the younger, we do not know... the elder, not the younger. Allah the Exalted said:

One of them said

قالت إحداهما

And as for her being the one sent, that is based on what was mentioned previously, that she made him walk behind her and the wind would uncover her legs, so he said: 'Be behind me.' By that, she knew that the man was trustworthy. This is the reason for his saying: ' and she is the one sent ' But I ask you now: is it necessary that the one who spoke is the one sent, or the other? It is not necessary, neither this nor that. It could be the one sent, and it could be the other. The important thing is that we have considered it best to keep ambiguous what Allah has kept ambiguous.

One of them said, O my father, hire him

قالت إحداهما يا أبت استأجره

O my father

يا أبت

How, O my father, do you say?

O my father

يا أبي

A... the feminization, that it is feminized? It is permissible to replace the yaa with a taa, so it is said: 'Abt' instead of 'Abi.'

She said, O my father, hire him

قالت يا أبت استأجره

Here, ' i.e., make him a hired worker with you ' And this command is not in its literal meaning—may Allah have mercy on you [to a man who sneezed]—one of them said: 'Hire him.' We say this command is not a request for the action in the form of an action, because a daughter cannot command her father in a command. But is it for supplication? Supplication is not appropriate, nor is it for seeking, because seeking is said from... and she does not command her father.
The student: For hoping or seeking help.

The Shaykh : For seeking help, because supplication should not be said except in the direction of... except in the direction of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)... ' Hire him, take him as a hired worker to graze our sheep, i.e., our sheep ' ... First, that... Second, that the man is strong and trustworthy, and we are at ease with him, and likewise we are at ease that he will... from... complete because of his strength.

Hire him, for the best of those you hire is the strong and the trustworthy

استأجره إن خير من استأجرت القوي الأمين

' i.e., hire him for his strength and trustworthiness '

i.e., hire him

أي استأجره

This is the ruling

For the best of those you hire

فإن خير من استأجرت

This is the reasoning, meaning hire him because he is strong and trustworthy. But she brought the reasoning in the form of a general rule. If she had said: 'Hire him, he is strong and trustworthy,' this would have been a reasoning for a specific issue, which is hiring Musa. But she brought this cause under a general rule, which is: the best of those you hire—whether Musa or anyone else—who is it? The strong and the trustworthy. And these two descriptions are two conditions in every work. Every work must have these two things; it does not exist without them, and they are strength and trustworthiness. By strength, the action is done, and by trustworthiness, the action is completed. As for one who is not strong, he does not do it, and one who is not trustworthy does not complete the action, and may not do it at all. Therefore, if a person is strong and trustworthy, the completion of the action is achieved by him, not just in the hired worker, meaning in the hire contract. Do we require the strong and the trustworthy in the hire contract, or in all works? In all works. If we appoint a person to sell, who is the best of those we appoint? The strong and the trustworthy. If we appoint a person to lead a village, who is the best of those we appoint? The strong and the trustworthy. If we appoint a person to judge a country, who is the best of those we appoint to judge? The strong and the trustworthy. For this reason, when the jinn said to Sulayman, he said to him: 'I will bring you the throne of the Queen of Sheba before you rise from your place.' He said: 'And I am indeed strong and trustworthy over it.' ... a hired worker... not a hired worker, but rather strength and trustworthiness are two fundamental conditions in every work. One who is not strong cannot do it, and one who is not trustworthy is not trusted, and does not complete the action or finish it.
' And Musa was strong and trustworthy, so he asked her about them, and she informed him of what had preceded, of lifting the stone of the well and of his saying to her: 'Walk behind me,' and the addition that when she came to him and he knew of her, he straightened his head and did not raise it, so he desired to marry her to him.' His saying: i.e., her father i.e., about strength and trustworthiness. How did you know that the man was strong and trustworthy? So she mentioned to him, she informed him of what had preceded, of lifting the stone of the well. He lifted the stone of the well, and usually, not ten people lift it, and this is a proof of his strength. She was walking in front of him and the wind was uncovering her legs, so he said: 'Be behind me,' and this is a proof of his trustworthiness. Good, also an addition to the trustworthiness is that when Musa knew of her, he straightened his head, i.e., lowered it and did not raise it, and this is from trustworthiness. But we do not need these three issues, rather here they knew that he was strong by his pulling of the bucket and his giving them drink, and that he was trustworthy in that he gave a complete drink and did not take anything from the sheep, and this indicates his trustworthiness. So trustworthiness and strength were taken from his giving them drink, and it is not necessary that he fabricate something in order to represent that he is strong and trustworthy. What is the need for this... So a person is known by his strength from his pulling of the bucket. A person when he pulls the bucket... he issues... but let them take their narration, it does not matter... And that he also gives a complete drink, leaving the sheep until they are sated, indicates that he is trustworthy, because one who is not trustworthy does not give a complete drink, he pulls the bucket... but the trustworthy one is the one who brings the thing in its proper form. So this is the way they knew of his strength and trustworthiness.