<![CDATA[Islam ideally positions employment relations within principles of justice, trust, and respect for workers’ dignity. However, contemporary wage practices continue to face problems such as delayed payments, inadequate wages, unequal bargaining positions, and limited worker protection. This study aims to analyze the concept of wages (ujrah) from the perspective of Islamic theology and reconstruct the meaning of the prophetic tradition instructing employers to pay workers before their sweat dries as an ethical principle of wage justice. This study employs a qualitative library research method using theological-ethical and conceptual analysis. Primary sources consist of the Qur’an and Hadith, while secondary sources include books, journal articles, and previous studies on ujrah, Islamic jurisprudence, and wage justice. The findings demonstrate that wage payment is not merely a contractual obligation but also a religious trust and moral responsibility reflecting justice and respect for workers’ dignity. This study contributes to the development of ujrah studies by shifting the discussion from a purely contractual-jurisprudential approach toward a theological-ethical framework emphasizing justice, adequacy, timely payment, and worker protection.]]>
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