The ruling on a gift from a person whom a government employee helped in his work
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The questioner:
The questioner says: A government employee knows a person from outside,
The Shaykh:
An employee.
The questioner:
The questioner says: A government employee knows a person from outside, so I helped him in his work until we finished. When I met him, he gave me something valuable and said it was a gift. Is this considered a bribe or not?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
And the government employee knows a person from outside, so I helped him in his work until we finished.
The Shaykh:
Who is the employee and who is the questioner?
The questioner:
Well, it happened this way, Shaykh, I don't know.
The Shaykh:
How is this? What is his relationship to the employee? Yes, a person
The questioner:
A government employee knows a person from outside, so I helped him in his work until we finished, and when he met me, he gave me something valuable,
The Shaykh:
If he is an employee, this is not permissible for him. If the one speaking is an employee, it is not permissible for him to take a bribe, whether it is valuable or not; it is not permissible. But if he is not an employee, and he helped him and worked with him, and he takes payment for his services, there is no harm in that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: A government employee knows a person from outside,
The Shaykh:
An employee.
The questioner:
The questioner says: A government employee knows a person from outside, so I helped him in his work until we finished. When I met him, he gave me something valuable and said it was a gift. Is this considered a bribe or not?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
And the government employee knows a person from outside, so I helped him in his work until we finished.
The Shaykh:
Who is the employee and who is the questioner?
The questioner:
Well, it happened this way, Shaykh, I don't know.
The Shaykh:
How is this? What is his relationship to the employee? Yes, a person
The questioner:
A government employee knows a person from outside, so I helped him in his work until we finished, and when he met me, he gave me something valuable,
The Shaykh:
If he is an employee, this is not permissible for him. If the one speaking is an employee, it is not permissible for him to take a bribe, whether it is valuable or not; it is not permissible. But if he is not an employee, and he helped him and worked with him, and he takes payment for his services, there is no harm in that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
بلوغ المرام [57] — alfawzan.live (42:57)
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