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Lease, agency and service contracts

# Ijarah of services

The service side of ijarah: hiring a person's work or a defined service for a specified period and fee.

Ijarah covers services as well as assets. Bank Negara Malaysia's glossary defines ijarah to include a contract for hiring the services of a person for a specified period in exchange for a specified consideration. Classical law calls this the hiring of persons, and it is the basis for service-based Islamic products, such as financing for education or medical services, where the provider sells a defined service rather than an asset.

## Sources

- [Bank Negara Malaysia, Shariah Contract Framework discussion paper, 2024: Glossary, Ijarah (hiring of services)](https://www.bnm.gov.my/documents/20124/938039/dp-shariah-contract-nov24.pdf)

This entry explains a term; it is not a Shariah ruling. Approving a product is for each institution's own Shariah board and regulator.

## Related terms

[**Ijarah** A lease: the lessor owns the asset and sells its use for an agreed rent over an agreed period.](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/ijarah/) [**Ujrah (fee)** A fee, wage or rent paid for a service, an agency or the use of an asset; the price side of ijarah and paid wakalah.](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/ujrah/) [**Ju'alah** A reward contract: a fee is promised for achieving a specified result and is paid only when the result is delivered.](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/jualah/)

**Lease, agency and service contracts**

1. [Ijarah](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/ijarah/)
2. [Ijarah muntahia bittamleek](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/ijarah-muntahia-bittamleek/)
3. [Wakalah](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/wakalah/)
4. [Kafalah](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/kafalah/)
5. [Hawalah](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/hawalah/)
6. [Ju'alah](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/jualah/)
7. [Rahn](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/rahn/)
8. [Ijarah mawsufah fi al-dhimmah (forward lease)](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/ijarah-mawsufah-fi-dhimmah/)

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