The Ruling on Saudi-izing Fake Jobs and Receiving a Salary for Them Without Working
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The questioner:
We have a call from Musafir from Riyadh. May Allah keep you safe. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. May Allah reward you with good. May Allah keep you safe. Yes. I ask the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good, about Saudi-ization in companies. In companies that register Saudis, they give them a sum of one thousand or five thousand, and then they dismiss them so they do not work for them at all, but they just take this amount. I do not know if it is lawful for the one who receives it or not? Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I say this is fraud and is not permissible, and it is lying. The purpose of this is not that you give the Saudis money in the form of employing them when you have not employed them, but rather this is a matter of fraud, so this is not permissible for you.
The questioner:
Yes, meaning it is forbidden for the beneficiary, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The beneficiary, if he did not do any work, has no wage, and he has no salary,
We have a call from Musafir from Riyadh. May Allah keep you safe. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. May Allah reward you with good. May Allah keep you safe. Yes. I ask the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good, about Saudi-ization in companies. In companies that register Saudis, they give them a sum of one thousand or five thousand, and then they dismiss them so they do not work for them at all, but they just take this amount. I do not know if it is lawful for the one who receives it or not? Please, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I say this is fraud and is not permissible, and it is lying. The purpose of this is not that you give the Saudis money in the form of employing them when you have not employed them, but rather this is a matter of fraud, so this is not permissible for you.
The questioner:
Yes, meaning it is forbidden for the beneficiary, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
The beneficiary, if he did not do any work, has no wage, and he has no salary,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم سعودة الوظائف الوهمية واستلام الراتب على ذلك دون عمل - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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