The ruling on setting a worker's wage monthly in a farm
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Question:
Some people write a closed power of attorney for a person.
Answer:
Or you appoint me to manage my farm, to spend in it, to contract with workers, to sow whatever you wish, to harvest whatever you wish, and to act in my place, but for a monthly fee of ten thousand riyals, or two thousand riyals. Some people impose a monthly amount on the workers. Yes. We opened a shop and he says, "I want the monthly amount from you, such and such." A monthly wage in the shop. So make a profit for me. Years of studying the shop, this is a goal, which may not be achieved, and he searches, and they may fail. As for the shop's rent, he says, "This shop is yours for such and such; sell and buy in the shop." It is not a wage, O Shaykh. The shop's rent, or the one who says, "No, sell me these goods for a known price, meaning you give me one hundred riyals every month, one hundred riyals this month." This is not valid, because they may not make a profit, or they may lose money. May Allah bless you, O Shaykh. Yes, and there is no lawful riba (usury or interest) in it, if it is a legitimate ownership, then there is no such issue.
Some people write a closed power of attorney for a person.
Answer:
Or you appoint me to manage my farm, to spend in it, to contract with workers, to sow whatever you wish, to harvest whatever you wish, and to act in my place, but for a monthly fee of ten thousand riyals, or two thousand riyals. Some people impose a monthly amount on the workers. Yes. We opened a shop and he says, "I want the monthly amount from you, such and such." A monthly wage in the shop. So make a profit for me. Years of studying the shop, this is a goal, which may not be achieved, and he searches, and they may fail. As for the shop's rent, he says, "This shop is yours for such and such; sell and buy in the shop." It is not a wage, O Shaykh. The shop's rent, or the one who says, "No, sell me these goods for a known price, meaning you give me one hundred riyals every month, one hundred riyals this month." This is not valid, because they may not make a profit, or they may lose money. May Allah bless you, O Shaykh. Yes, and there is no lawful riba (usury or interest) in it, if it is a legitimate ownership, then there is no such issue.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الشركة والوكالة — islamhouse.com (1:34)
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