Giving an employee money to complete a transaction
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: If I have a transaction at one of the government offices, and I know that the official who has this transaction will not complete it unless he takes a payment of money, otherwise he will delay it, is it permissible to give this official money on the basis that this is a dire necessity?
Answer:
This bribe is not permissible. This habit of bribery accustoms people to falsehood. It is not permissible to give it; rather, this is forbidden and an evil. He should seek someone to intercede with the one in authority, or he should seek other people to intercede on his behalf, perhaps they will complete the transaction. As for giving money, he does not give money, nor does he give honor; rather, this is the evil, this is the trial. We ask Allah for safety.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: If I have a transaction at one of the government offices, and I know that the official who has this transaction will not complete it unless he takes a payment of money, otherwise he will delay it, is it permissible to give this official money on the basis that this is a dire necessity?
Answer:
This bribe is not permissible. This habit of bribery accustoms people to falsehood. It is not permissible to give it; rather, this is forbidden and an evil. He should seek someone to intercede with the one in authority, or he should seek other people to intercede on his behalf, perhaps they will complete the transaction. As for giving money, he does not give money, nor does he give honor; rather, this is the evil, this is the trial. We ask Allah for safety.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ١ — archive.org (1:24:11)
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