Employing workers for a percentage of the profit
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Question:
The honorable scholar says: Is it permissible to open a shop and give the worker a specific, fixed amount along with a percentage of the profit, such as, for example, one-third? Because most workers do not exert effort in the work unless a specific percentage is allocated to them, or unless they take over the shop independently and give their guarantor a fixed monthly profit. We have heard from you, my dear brother, that the second type is forbidden. May Allah reward you with good. The workers are brought in for wages; they have their salaries, and the state system prevents them from handing over the shops to them and giving the shop owner a specific percentage, where the buying and selling and the trade belong to the workers.
Answer:
This is prohibited. The state system does not permit this work. You know that they are employed for wages, with the condition that you pay them their salaries, but not by this method or this system that the state has established. Whether it is trade or other work, and if you pay less than the agreed-upon salaries, you are wasting their time. If you want to increase their pay to encourage them, increasing their salaries is a good thing. But if you tell them, "Work, and I have a share of your earnings, and you pay me so much and so much monthly," this is absolutely not permissible.
The honorable scholar says: Is it permissible to open a shop and give the worker a specific, fixed amount along with a percentage of the profit, such as, for example, one-third? Because most workers do not exert effort in the work unless a specific percentage is allocated to them, or unless they take over the shop independently and give their guarantor a fixed monthly profit. We have heard from you, my dear brother, that the second type is forbidden. May Allah reward you with good. The workers are brought in for wages; they have their salaries, and the state system prevents them from handing over the shops to them and giving the shop owner a specific percentage, where the buying and selling and the trade belong to the workers.
Answer:
This is prohibited. The state system does not permit this work. You know that they are employed for wages, with the condition that you pay them their salaries, but not by this method or this system that the state has established. Whether it is trade or other work, and if you pay less than the agreed-upon salaries, you are wasting their time. If you want to increase their pay to encourage them, increasing their salaries is a good thing. But if you tell them, "Work, and I have a share of your earnings, and you pay me so much and so much monthly," this is absolutely not permissible.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 01 — archive.org (1:04:10)
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