Accepting a gift by an employee and good intercession
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The questioner:
That he does not respond. The Messenger gave us... What is the ruling on his responding to a person? Does he have a messenger regarding his work?
The Shaykh:
We know him.
Another questioner:
Accepting a gift from a person is valid, by Allah.
The Shaykh:
If you are an employee, do not accept the gift, because your job is to facilitate things for people and conclude their transactions, so do not take anything for this other than your salary. If you take anything from the petitioners, it is a bribe. and sorcery. But if you help him obtain what he wants, and you are not an employee or an official, this is good intercession. It is not permissible to take compensation for good intercession, because there is a reward in it, and one does not seek worldly gain in it.
That he does not respond. The Messenger gave us... What is the ruling on his responding to a person? Does he have a messenger regarding his work?
The Shaykh:
We know him.
Another questioner:
Accepting a gift from a person is valid, by Allah.
The Shaykh:
If you are an employee, do not accept the gift, because your job is to facilitate things for people and conclude their transactions, so do not take anything for this other than your salary. If you take anything from the petitioners, it is a bribe.
Cursed is the one who gives it, cursed is the one who takes it, and cursed is the one who acts as an intermediary for it,
ملعون من دفعها، وملعون من أخذها، وملعون من سعى بها،
Source
بلوغ المرام [13] — alfawzan.live (46:37)
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