The Ruling on Preferring a Non-Muslim Worker in Terms of Wages
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: In some companies, there is a Muslim worker and a non-Muslim worker, and the non-Muslim worker is more active in his work and much better than the Muslim worker. Is it permissible for us to prefer the non-Muslim worker over the Muslim worker? And what is the ruling on smiling at his face?
Answer:
This, my brother, is a wage in exchange for work. You give the disbeliever a wage in exchange for his work, and you give the Muslim a wage in exchange for his work. If the disbeliever's work is better, you give him a higher wage for his work, and if the Muslim's work is less, you give him a lower wage according to his work. This is not a matter of loving the disbeliever, but rather a matter of justice.[Al-Ma'idah 5:8]
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: In some companies, there is a Muslim worker and a non-Muslim worker, and the non-Muslim worker is more active in his work and much better than the Muslim worker. Is it permissible for us to prefer the non-Muslim worker over the Muslim worker? And what is the ruling on smiling at his face?
Answer:
This, my brother, is a wage in exchange for work. You give the disbeliever a wage in exchange for his work, and you give the Muslim a wage in exchange for his work. If the disbeliever's work is better, you give him a higher wage for his work, and if the Muslim's work is less, you give him a lower wage according to his work. This is not a matter of loving the disbeliever, but rather a matter of justice.
and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just
وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التبسم في وجه غير المسلمين؟ وهل يجوز تفضيل العامل الكافر على العامل المسلم لنشاطه؟ — youtube.com
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