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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Danger of Bribery to the Muslim

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Question:
This is a long letter from Salim Mahmoud from the Arab Republic of Egypt, from the Minya Governorate. He is actually speaking about a story regarding bribery, but in the conclusion he asks: What is the danger of bribery to the Muslim? May Allah bless you.

Answer:
The danger of bribery for the Muslim is the curse mentioned by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his statement in the authentic hadith:
May Allah curse the one who gives a bribe and the one who takes a bribe.لعن الله الراشي والمرتشي
Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 18:590
So the danger for the one who takes a bribe, the one who accepts it, is that he is cursed, may Allah protect us from that.

The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/163 — archive.org (19:13)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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