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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on giving an employee money to perform his work when he is already receiving a salary

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Question:
His first question says: There are some people in the water utility who transport water to the neighborhoods. He says: They do not bring the water unless we give them, meaning a sum of money, meaning a type of bribe. Now, he means he does not provide this thing or this water unless we pay him, like a tip or a bribe. He asks: Do we give it to him or not?

Answer:
No, do not give it to him. This is a bribe. As long as he has a salary from the government for transporting water to the people and distributing the water, he has a salary from the government, and it is not permissible for people to give him [money]. It is called a bribe. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed
The one who gives the bribe, the one who takes the bribe, and the one who goes between them, and he is the oneالراشي والمرتشي والرائش وهو الذي
the one who goes between them, and the bribe is illicit, severely forbidden, because this corrupts society and corrupts this person and others by inclining toward those who give him the bribe and leaving those who do not give it. And this is betrayal, sin, and evil.
So if it is as you described, that he does not give or bring the water, or he prioritizes the one who gives him a bribe over others, you must complain to the authorities so they take action against him or replace him with someone else. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3977] حكم إعطاء الموظف مالًا ليقوم بعمله مع أنه يتقاضى راتبًا - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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