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Is it permissible for one who is negligent in his work to give charity from his salary to some charitable organizations to make up for his negligence?

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I am negligent in my work and I give some of my salary to a charitable organization.

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
He says: If I am negligent in my work and then I give some of my salary to a charitable organization, is my action correct?

The Shaykh:
Why are you negligent in the first place? These are the rights of created beings, and they do not drop from you unless they permit it. So why are you negligent? You say, "I refuse to look at the salary, and I refuse to be absent, and I refuse to work, and I do not do what is contrary, and I look at the salary." This does not clear your conscience. The work is neglected, the work is neglected and planned, so this does not clear your conscience. However, if you want to repent to Allah, leave this habit, and find work, and you have accumulated money from before, and you want to clear your conscience, there is no harm in gathering what you doubt about, which corresponds to this deficiency, and giving it in charity to the poor. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [153 -308] المقصر في عمله هل يخرج صدقة عن تقصيره إلى بعض الجمعيات الخيرية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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