Is it permissible for someone working in a grocery store to buy goods for himself and sell them in the store?
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Question:
I work in a grocery store, and I work seventeen hours. Is there any blame on me if I buy goods with my own money and sell them in the store, so that the profits from what I buy belong to me? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good. I have a low salary, and my monthly expenses are more than four hundred riyals, approximately.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, as long as you, O brother questioner, are selling for a person who sells his goods in his store, then the store is considered his private property, and the time is also considered his private property. So you are entitled only to your salary in exchange for your work, according to what you agreed upon. If he permits you to sell some of your own goods, there is no harm in that, because the matter leads to that. If he permits you the time and permits you the store, then that leads to it. But if he does not permit it, then it is not permissible for you to exploit his store, or exploit the time for your own work. Or a questioner who is studying. He has a connection.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
I work in a grocery store, and I work seventeen hours. Is there any blame on me if I buy goods with my own money and sell them in the store, so that the profits from what I buy belong to me? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good. I have a low salary, and my monthly expenses are more than four hundred riyals, approximately.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, as long as you, O brother questioner, are selling for a person who sells his goods in his store, then the store is considered his private property, and the time is also considered his private property. So you are entitled only to your salary in exchange for your work, according to what you agreed upon. If he permits you to sell some of your own goods, there is no harm in that, because the matter leads to that. If he permits you the time and permits you the store, then that leads to it. But if he does not permit it, then it is not permissible for you to exploit his store, or exploit the time for your own work. Or a questioner who is studying. He has a connection.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لمن يعمل في بقالة أن يشتري بضاعة خاصة له ويبيعها في البقالة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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