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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Delaying the Domestic Worker's Salary

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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to delay the domestic worker's salary for two or three months in order to prevent her from running away?

Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Give the worker his wage before his sweat dries.أعطوا الأجير أجرته قبل أن يجف عراقه
The worker or anyone else, give him his wage.
Source لقاء رمضاني مفتوح 05-09-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (26:26)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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