Preventing a taxi driver from working
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Question:
A low-ranking employee seeks his livelihood in a taxi outside of his working hours. The traffic department has prevented him from seeking his livelihood until he proves that he is not an employee and brings witnesses to that effect. The question is: should he stop seeking his livelihood, or should he lie and bring witnesses?
Answer:
If the state has prevented him, he must not lie. The state seeks the interests of the Muslims, the interests of the people, and it sees that if he has a taxi, it may interfere with his job or cause him to neglect his work, so that his main concern becomes seeking money through this car. Therefore, if he has been prevented, he must not lie. Rather, he must abide by what the state has told him, and he must have the cause and obedience in what is right, and this is what is right. Yes.
A low-ranking employee seeks his livelihood in a taxi outside of his working hours. The traffic department has prevented him from seeking his livelihood until he proves that he is not an employee and brings witnesses to that effect. The question is: should he stop seeking his livelihood, or should he lie and bring witnesses?
Answer:
If the state has prevented him, he must not lie. The state seeks the interests of the Muslims, the interests of the people, and it sees that if he has a taxi, it may interfere with his job or cause him to neglect his work, so that his main concern becomes seeking money through this car. Therefore, if he has been prevented, he must not lie. Rather, he must abide by what the state has told him, and he must have the cause and obedience in what is right, and this is what is right. Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 21 — archive.org (57:24)
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