Ruling on paying a sum to a substitute in exchange for a job transfer
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, a questioner says: I am an employee in one of the sectors in one of the regions, and I want to be transferred to the Qassim region. I found a substitute, but he demanded a sum of money. Is it permissible for me to pay this sum to this substitute?
Answer:
My brother, this follows the system. The state has a system for employment and a system for transfers, so one must follow the system established by the one in authority. What conforms to the system is fine, for Muslims are bound by their conditions. What contradicts the system is not permissible, because this is disobedience to the one in authority. Yes. Jobs are not sold; they do not belong to anyone. They belong to the state and are not sold. Yes.
Your Excellency the Shaykh, a questioner says: I am an employee in one of the sectors in one of the regions, and I want to be transferred to the Qassim region. I found a substitute, but he demanded a sum of money. Is it permissible for me to pay this sum to this substitute?
Answer:
My brother, this follows the system. The state has a system for employment and a system for transfers, so one must follow the system established by the one in authority. What conforms to the system is fine, for Muslims are bound by their conditions. What contradicts the system is not permissible, because this is disobedience to the one in authority. Yes. Jobs are not sold; they do not belong to anyone. They belong to the state and are not sold. Yes.
Source
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