Is it permissible for the owner of a shop to give the workers a percentage of the profits in addition to their fixed salary?
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Question:
Is it permissible to open a shop and give the worker a specific wage along with a percentage of the profit, such as chickpeas, for example? This is because most workers do not exert effort in their work unless a specific percentage is allocated to them. Or, he takes charge of this shop independently and gives his guarantor a specific monthly profit. We have heard from you that the second type is forbidden. Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The workers are brought in on a wage basis, and they only receive their salaries. The state regulations prohibit handing over the shops to them and giving the shop owner a specific percentage, with the buying and selling and the trade belonging to them. This is prohibited by the state regulations. This work is not permissible. You brought them in as wage workers; you employ them and give them their salaries. Do not change this methodology and this system that the state has established, whether for trade or otherwise. Give them the salaries that you and they agreed upon. If you want to increase their pay to encourage them, you may add to their salaries; that is a good thing. However, if you tell them, "Work, and the proceeds are yours, and you pay me so much and so much monthly," that is absolutely not permissible.
Is it permissible to open a shop and give the worker a specific wage along with a percentage of the profit, such as chickpeas, for example? This is because most workers do not exert effort in their work unless a specific percentage is allocated to them. Or, he takes charge of this shop independently and gives his guarantor a specific monthly profit. We have heard from you that the second type is forbidden. Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The workers are brought in on a wage basis, and they only receive their salaries. The state regulations prohibit handing over the shops to them and giving the shop owner a specific percentage, with the buying and selling and the trade belonging to them. This is prohibited by the state regulations. This work is not permissible. You brought them in as wage workers; you employ them and give them their salaries. Do not change this methodology and this system that the state has established, whether for trade or otherwise. Give them the salaries that you and they agreed upon. If you want to increase their pay to encourage them, you may add to their salaries; that is a good thing. However, if you tell them, "Work, and the proceeds are yours, and you pay me so much and so much monthly," that is absolutely not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لصاحب المحل أن يعطي العمال نسبة من الأرباح بالإضافة إلى راتبهم الثابت؟ — youtube.com
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