The Ruling on Recruiting Domestic Workers and Renting Them Out at High Prices
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who recruits domestic workers and rents them out at high prices, especially in Ramadan, where the fees reach six or seven thousand?
Answer:
This is governed by the Labor Law, the law of workers and employers. However, trading in human beings is prohibited; that is what they call it, trading in human beings. It is forbidden. The law does not allow you to recruit anyone except to work for you. If you have work, you may recruit someone to work for you for a wage. But if you employ workers when you have no work for them, or if you have more workers than you need and you rent them out to people, this is prohibited by law and by the Shari'ah. It is not permissible.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who recruits domestic workers and rents them out at high prices, especially in Ramadan, where the fees reach six or seven thousand?
Answer:
This is governed by the Labor Law, the law of workers and employers. However, trading in human beings is prohibited; that is what they call it, trading in human beings. It is forbidden. The law does not allow you to recruit anyone except to work for you. If you have work, you may recruit someone to work for you for a wage. But if you employ workers when you have no work for them, or if you have more workers than you need and you rent them out to people, this is prohibited by law and by the Shari'ah. It is not permissible.
Source
لقاء مفتوح 13-09-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (22:14)
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