Ruling on the funds that companies participating in tenders offer to some employees working in the sector
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Q: We work for a company that participates in government tenders. The company offers sums of money to some employees in this government sector to win the tender. These individuals’ role is to provide information to the company to facilitate winning the tender. Note that they are not members of the bid-opening committee. These individuals take these sums in exchange for participating in studying the tender with our company. Is this work permissible? Please issue a ruling, may Allah reward you.
A: It is not permissible to pay any sum to anyone working in the entity that issued the tender, whether in exchange for providing the company with some information or
In exchange for providing a study for the project put up for competition, because government regulations prohibit an employee in the department issuing the tender from providing any information or study to any of the competitors, and these regulations must be adhered to, and it is not permissible to violate them; as He the Mighty and Majestic said:[An-Nisa 4:59], and because providing this money falls under the category of a bribe, and 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 3580Sahih (Al-Albani), and because providing that information to some of the competitors causes great harm to the other competitors; for it deprives them of the opportunity to win that tender.
A: It is not permissible to pay any sum to anyone working in the entity that issued the tender, whether in exchange for providing the company with some information or
In exchange for providing a study for the project put up for competition, because government regulations prohibit an employee in the department issuing the tender from providing any information or study to any of the competitors, and these regulations must be adhered to, and it is not permissible to violate them; as He the Mighty and Majestic said:
O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْThe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who bribes and the one who takes bribe.
لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الراشي والمرتشي
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www.alifta.gov.sa
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