The ruling on giving money for work in exchange for a fixed monthly amount
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. My father gave me one hundred thousand riyals and told me to work with it and give him two thousand riyals every month. And he gave me one hundred thousand riyals and said to work with it and give him two thousand riyals every month. Is this permissible or not? And does the matter differ if the owner of the money is not my father?
Answer:
This is not good. Fixing the amount is not good. But if he said, “Trade with it, and you will have half the profit, or a quarter of the profit, less or more,” that is fine. No, but fixing a specific amount, giving them a thousand and one hundred riyals, or ten riyals, every month, this is not permissible, neither from your father nor from anyone else. This is riba (usury or interest).
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. My father gave me one hundred thousand riyals and told me to work with it and give him two thousand riyals every month. And he gave me one hundred thousand riyals and said to work with it and give him two thousand riyals every month. Is this permissible or not? And does the matter differ if the owner of the money is not my father?
Answer:
This is not good. Fixing the amount is not good. But if he said, “Trade with it, and you will have half the profit, or a quarter of the profit, less or more,” that is fine. No, but fixing a specific amount, giving them a thousand and one hundred riyals, or ten riyals, every month, this is not permissible, neither from your father nor from anyone else. This is riba (usury or interest).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/86 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:04:03)
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