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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on selling a worker's visa after receiving it

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Question:
A questioner asks: Some people take from the labor office what is called a worker's visa, and then, once they receive it, they sell it. Is this permissible?

Answer:
This is not permissible because it goes against the system of the one in authority. The one in authority does not allow these to be granted except to those who need workers. If a person needs workers, he takes the visa to bring them in according to his need. But taking it in order to sell it, when he has no need for workers, is a fraudulent deception, a disobedience to the one in authority, and a violation of the one in authority's system. Allah the Exalted says:
obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among youأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ
[An-Nisa 4:59]
As long as obedience to him does not involve disobedience to Allah, but rather is in the interest of the Muslims, it is not permissible to violate it. It is not permissible to disobey his command. Moreover, bringing in workers, O servants of Allah, has become today one of the great trials and evils that have befallen people, bringing much harm. Bringing in foreigners, especially when most of them are disbelievers, bringing them into the lands of the Muslims and mixing them with the Muslims, or those who are Muslims in name only and do not know what Islam is.
This is a danger to the country, a danger to Islam, and a danger to the Muslims. However, in case of dire necessity, if a person adheres to the system established by the one in authority for this purpose and brings in Muslims to use in his work according to need, there is no harm in that. But what exceeds these restrictions is forbidden and not permissible. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-026-الربا وخطره|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:28:51)

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