The ruling on taking a percentage from recruited workers

Question:
This question is followed, O Shaykh, by other questions. Some people recruit workers who are under their sponsorship and take a percentage from them each month, or take a sum of money from them when renewing their residency permits. They do not know about their circumstances; they leave them to their work and whatever happens to them, but they take a percentage from them each month or a sum of money when renewing their residency permits.

Answer:
This is not permissible either. If a person recruits workers while he has no need for them, and merely leaves them to work for others while taking a fixed percentage from them, this is not permissible. A decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars several years ago prohibiting this, because of the harm it causes, the fact that it involves consuming the labor of people without right, and its violation of the regulations of the one in authority. The regulations of the one in authority do not allow a person to recruit workers except to the extent of his need. If he has work, he actually recruits for his own work. But if he recruits workers while he has no work, or more than he needs, and leaves them to work for others while taking a percentage from them, this is not permissible. There is a decision from the Council of Senior Scholars from several years ago. Yes.