The ruling on deducting an employee's hours of absence from his salary
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Question:
A person works on a shift system, but he leaves during his shift for a few hours. He decided to deduct these hours from his salary and deposit them into the account for clearing one's conscience that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (may Allah preserve him) ordered. Is this action of his correct?
Answer:
It is not correct. What is required is that he performs the work. What is required is that he performs the work. How can he be absent from work? He says, "Look at what was deducted from my salary; it is not enough." Your presence at work and your performance of the work are required, and you must not waste any of your working time except for a valid religious excuse. Yes. Otherwise, leave the job for someone else. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
A person works on a shift system, but he leaves during his shift for a few hours. He decided to deduct these hours from his salary and deposit them into the account for clearing one's conscience that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (may Allah preserve him) ordered. Is this action of his correct?
Answer:
It is not correct. What is required is that he performs the work. What is required is that he performs the work. How can he be absent from work? He says, "Look at what was deducted from my salary; it is not enough." Your presence at work and your performance of the work are required, and you must not waste any of your working time except for a valid religious excuse. Yes. Otherwise, leave the job for someone else. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 26/تعليق على كتاب تفسير آيات من القرآن الكريم/الهداية بمشيئة الله/صالح الفوزان/التفسير — youtube.com (1:05:13)
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