The Ruling on Sending Agricultural Workers to Do Other Jobs
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Question:
A listener on the program says: Honorable Shaykh, some people may employ agricultural workers for their farm, but they send them to their relatives' farms one day, and to their own farm another time, and one week they send them to do non-agricultural work, such as trade or repairing pipes and the like. Is it permissible for the owner of this business to send such workers?
Answer:
Muslims are bound by their conditions, so workers are to be employed in the work for which they were hired. This is the default ruling. They are not obligated to do other work unless they consent to it. If they consent, there is no harm. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
A listener on the program says: Honorable Shaykh, some people may employ agricultural workers for their farm, but they send them to their relatives' farms one day, and to their own farm another time, and one week they send them to do non-agricultural work, such as trade or repairing pipes and the like. Is it permissible for the owner of this business to send such workers?
Answer:
Muslims are bound by their conditions, so workers are to be employed in the work for which they were hired. This is the default ruling. They are not obligated to do other work unless they consent to it. If they consent, there is no harm. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/153 — archive.org (6:40)
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