The ruling on working in a company only during one's free time
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The questioner:
A question says: A man works for a company and contracted with the company not to work except during free times. What is the status of this contract? Is it valid? And is the earnings he earns lawful or forbidden?
The Shaykh:
Sunan ad-Daraqutni 13:86 As long as he has a contract with them for his free time and they have accepted this, there is nothing wrong with it, and his salary is lawful if he performs the work. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. This is the end of these questions. We thank Your Excellency the Shaykh for this blessed meeting. This is a request from everyone, in this large number, that the meeting with Your Excellency the Shaykh be monthly, especially in this time.
The Shaykh:
Greed has destroyed people.
The presenter:
They are them, you are all of them, and they deserve it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
So this, if Allah wills, is sufficient, and the scholars are many.
The presenter:
In this time, they insist that this is a time of trials.
The Shaykh:
One of the scholars has in him disbelief, if Allah wills, and I have contributed, and praise be to Allah, and the rest of the scholars have a role, if Allah wills.
A question says: A man works for a company and contracted with the company not to work except during free times. What is the status of this contract? Is it valid? And is the earnings he earns lawful or forbidden?
The Shaykh:
Muslims are bound by their conditions, what
المسلمون على شروطهم، ماThe presenter:
May Allah reward you. This is the end of these questions. We thank Your Excellency the Shaykh for this blessed meeting. This is a request from everyone, in this large number, that the meeting with Your Excellency the Shaykh be monthly, especially in this time.
The Shaykh:
Greed has destroyed people.
The presenter:
They are them, you are all of them, and they deserve it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
So this, if Allah wills, is sufficient, and the scholars are many.
The presenter:
In this time, they insist that this is a time of trials.
The Shaykh:
One of the scholars has in him disbelief, if Allah wills, and I have contributed, and praise be to Allah, and the rest of the scholars have a role, if Allah wills.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 03----13-4-1432 — archive.org (1:21:44)
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