Is a salaried teacher a private hireling or a common one?

Question

Question: Is a salaried teacher a private hireling (ajir khass) or a common hireling (ajir mushtarak)? And with regard to the things the madrasa has handed over to him “for inqitaʿ” (?) — for example a fan and the like — is the teacher a trustee (amin) of them, or what is his status in the Shariʿa?

Answer

When fixed hours have been set for the teacher, then during those hours he is a private hireling (ajir khass); during those hours it is not permissible for him to do other work on hire. A slight, brief task not on hire, which custom (ʿurf)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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