Is seeking a job and seeking a promotion in it considered the blameworthy asking?

The questioner : Yes. May Allah do you good. We mentioned previously that obtaining the money associated with positions in universities and schools is not a problem, because of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : But may Allah do you good, the reality is that if a person wants to be employed in this position, he writes a request for this position, and this is asking. Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : And asking, meaning making it known, is recommended, so there is nothing wrong with it, do you see? For example, if a person distributes books of knowledge, books of knowledge, and you write asking him, is this considered asking, or is it considered notifying him that you are one of those who deserve it? The second one. Second, for this reason, you do not go to ask the person who does not distribute, the one who does not distribute, you do not ask him. That is, if you know that a person, for example, has books in excess of his library, and you go to ask him, do not ask him. But the person who distributes books, he does not know who is recommended, so you write that I am so-and-so, I request from you such-and-such, there is no obstacle.

The questioner : What did he cite? May Allah do you good, regarding the asking.

The Shaykh : Because this is given, given to me and to others, but my asking is to notify that I am one of those who deserve it, unlike the person who has excess in his library and does not want to give it to people, and you go and ask. There is a great difference between them. For this reason, the first one, which is writing to the one who distributes, is not considered humiliation, but it is only a notification. Likewise, regarding positions, I am correct that I do not like for employees, for example, to request a promotion or the like, because this is undoubtedly a deficiency in intention and sincerity. But that he writes that, for example, he graduated from the college or the like, to prove that he is only deserving, not asking, this is not a problem.

The questioner : No, he is asking, he is not justifying.

The Shaykh : I am not justifying the asking. I say it is not befitting to ask, but he writes that, for example, he graduated from the college, yes? There is nothing wrong.

The questioner : He writes that he graduated from the college only.

The Shaykh : I say if you do this, you graduated, for example, last year, and I want to study to benefit people. Matters of intentions are truly, I mean, very difficult.

The questioner : Yes, this one.

The Shaykh : Very difficult. So, for example, if you get a job as a teacher and a salary that is sufficient for you and your family, and then you see, for example, that someone like you has been promoted from one rank to another, do not ask, do not say, tell me.

The questioner : There is no problem, may Allah do you good. And this is not a problem for me. The problem for me is the initial appointment when one of us graduates from the college and then is appointed to a position. It is said to him, for example, please write a petition through this form, through this form. It all includes

The Shaykh : No, no, no, there is nothing wrong with this, this is not asking, this is giving you a notification that you are deserving, only, because they are the ones who came to you, they are the ones who said write this thing,

The questioner : What is it, what is not, it is not him.

The Shaykh : Whether they came with the tongue of the article or with the tongue of the situation, there is nothing wrong with it. And he does not boast in times of ease. Yes.