What is the ruling on giving money to expedite the completion of one's work?

Question : This questioner says: I am a person who has a transaction in one of the government departments. He says: What is the ruling if I give, for example, an employee a sum of money so that he will expedite the transaction?

Answer : I hold that it is not permissible to give employees anything in order to expedite transactions, because expediting transactions is an obligatory duty upon them. They must not delay the transactions of the people. If they do so, they are sinners.