Taking a reward for a specific task for the department manager during working hours
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Question:
I am an employee in one of the government departments. The manager of the section where I work told me that the department manager is asking me to perform a specific task for him during the official working hours, for about a month. It required a great deal of effort on my part, as I was combining it with my official work. The question is: Am I entitled to take a reward for that work or not?
Answer:
You are not entitled to it. What you are entitled to is only your salary. Your obedience to this manager is a mistake and a disobedience to the one in authority. So you must repent to Allah, and do not return to such a thing, and do not take anything in return for it; because it is a work that is not permissible and not proper. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Yes.
I am an employee in one of the government departments. The manager of the section where I work told me that the department manager is asking me to perform a specific task for him during the official working hours, for about a month. It required a great deal of effort on my part, as I was combining it with my official work. The question is: Am I entitled to take a reward for that work or not?
Answer:
You are not entitled to it. What you are entitled to is only your salary. Your obedience to this manager is a mistake and a disobedience to the one in authority. So you must repent to Allah, and do not return to such a thing, and do not take anything in return for it; because it is a work that is not permissible and not proper. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Yes.
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [37] — alfawzan.live (52:35)
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