Delaying Attendance and Negligence in Work

Question:
May Allah protect you. He says: I am late in arriving for work, and I am negligent in performing my duties, and I feel guilty. Should I give some money as charity in compensation for my negligence, or what should I do?

Answer:
It is not enough that you feel guilty; you must turn back from this behavior. You must attend work from the beginning to the end, unless you have a valid religious excuse that the regulations permit, in which case there is no harm. However, being late out of indifference and laxity is not permissible for you. By abandoning this trait, you must attend and perform the work. As for what has passed, if you received money for work you did not perform, you should give it in charity or dispose of it by giving it to the poor. That is for the past. But if you continue, saying you will give charity while persisting in slowness and laziness in work, that does not clear your conscience.