The guarantor taking an annual sum from his worker in exchange for working for another
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Question:
He says: May Allah preserve you, a man has a worker, and he and his guarantor agreed that if he works for any other person, he should pay at the beginning of each year an amount of approximately two thousand riyals. Is this permissible? And does this make him a slave?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to take the labor of this worker. Either he should allow him to work for nothing, or he should release him if he has no work with him, and that is the end of it. As for leaving him to work for people and taking his labor and sweat and giving him only a small amount from it, this is injustice and consuming the wealth of people unjustly, and this is the exploitation of free people, which is not permissible. Yes. A decision was issued by the Committee of Senior Scholars twenty years ago prohibiting this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: May Allah preserve you, a man has a worker, and he and his guarantor agreed that if he works for any other person, he should pay at the beginning of each year an amount of approximately two thousand riyals. Is this permissible? And does this make him a slave?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to take the labor of this worker. Either he should allow him to work for nothing, or he should release him if he has no work with him, and that is the end of it. As for leaving him to work for people and taking his labor and sweat and giving him only a small amount from it, this is injustice and consuming the wealth of people unjustly, and this is the exploitation of free people, which is not permissible. Yes. A decision was issued by the Committee of Senior Scholars twenty years ago prohibiting this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نعمــة الأمـن — alfawzan.live (46:03)
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