The Ministry of Education’s Prohibition of Teachers Traveling During Vacations
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The questioner:
We ask for your assistance and a statement of the Shari'ah’s view regarding the Ministry of Education’s refusal to allow its employees to travel to their families and children during vacations.
The Shaykh:
From the military in Al-Aziz and Al-Taif.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah. Yes, please go ahead.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Yes. Yes. We ask for your assistance and a statement of the Shari'ah’s view regarding the Ministry of Education’s refusal to allow its employees to travel to their families and children during the mid-year vacation. We note that they are willing to provide all the guarantees and commitments the Ministry requires. We also note that there is no work that requires them to remain here. They have a religious and worldly need to help their families and children, whom they were unable to bring with them, and who have been here for a full year. They have not traveled to their families for a long time, and this causes harm to both parties: the teacher on one side, and his wife on the other. This is not hidden from you, so we ask you to express your opinion to the Ministry of Education and to intervene.
The Shaykh:
We have interceded and written to the Ministry about this. They stated that the contract workers are not truthful, and that they do not return except late, making excuses with many pretexts. This one says he was sick, this one says such-and-such happened to him, this one says such-and-such occurred, and this one says such-and-such prevented him. Consequently, the studies are disrupted. This is the answer of the Minister of Education: he says they make claims but are not truthful, or they are truthful in some matters that may hinder them from the studies, and we are in no need of that. So, we have decided that in this short, small vacation, they should not travel, in order to preserve the studies and the students. This is because many of them are delayed for a long time with innumerable excuses. This is their excuse. We ask Allah for success for us and for him.
The questioner:
It is very rare, I mean, very rare. It is very rare, but they use it as an excuse. Very rare.
The Shaykh:
He says it is not up to us.
The questioner:
Because everyone is concerned about their salary, as he pays the housing allowance in full, seventy days in advance.
The Shaykh:
We will review it with him, we will re-examine it with him.
The questioner:
And the teacher is concerned about returning so that he can take the money for the defense.
The Shaykh:
I want to tell you now: if you want the Ministry to agree with you, fear Allah and hasten to agree. If agreement is facilitated, fear Allah so that the water does not return. If you fear Allah, hasten, and perform the obligatory duty, the Ministry’s travel has no necessity in their staying, except that it says they are delayed.
We ask for your assistance and a statement of the Shari'ah’s view regarding the Ministry of Education’s refusal to allow its employees to travel to their families and children during vacations.
The Shaykh:
From the military in Al-Aziz and Al-Taif.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah. Yes, please go ahead.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes.
The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Yes. Yes. We ask for your assistance and a statement of the Shari'ah’s view regarding the Ministry of Education’s refusal to allow its employees to travel to their families and children during the mid-year vacation. We note that they are willing to provide all the guarantees and commitments the Ministry requires. We also note that there is no work that requires them to remain here. They have a religious and worldly need to help their families and children, whom they were unable to bring with them, and who have been here for a full year. They have not traveled to their families for a long time, and this causes harm to both parties: the teacher on one side, and his wife on the other. This is not hidden from you, so we ask you to express your opinion to the Ministry of Education and to intervene.
The Shaykh:
We have interceded and written to the Ministry about this. They stated that the contract workers are not truthful, and that they do not return except late, making excuses with many pretexts. This one says he was sick, this one says such-and-such happened to him, this one says such-and-such occurred, and this one says such-and-such prevented him. Consequently, the studies are disrupted. This is the answer of the Minister of Education: he says they make claims but are not truthful, or they are truthful in some matters that may hinder them from the studies, and we are in no need of that. So, we have decided that in this short, small vacation, they should not travel, in order to preserve the studies and the students. This is because many of them are delayed for a long time with innumerable excuses. This is their excuse. We ask Allah for success for us and for him.
The questioner:
It is very rare, I mean, very rare. It is very rare, but they use it as an excuse. Very rare.
The Shaykh:
He says it is not up to us.
The questioner:
Because everyone is concerned about their salary, as he pays the housing allowance in full, seventy days in advance.
The Shaykh:
We will review it with him, we will re-examine it with him.
The questioner:
And the teacher is concerned about returning so that he can take the money for the defense.
The Shaykh:
I want to tell you now: if you want the Ministry to agree with you, fear Allah and hasten to agree. If agreement is facilitated, fear Allah so that the water does not return. If you fear Allah, hasten, and perform the obligatory duty, the Ministry’s travel has no necessity in their staying, except that it says they are delayed.
Source
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