Giving a gift to employees to complete the procedures for sponsoring an orphan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside the country says: I want to sponsor an orphan through official channels, and I cannot travel with him or take him abroad unless I pay a sum of money to that administration. His question is: Is it permissible for me to give the employees in the administration a gift so that I can obtain these documents and this permit?
Answer:
My brother, if it is possible for you to sponsor an orphan without gifts or without anything else, then do so. But if it is not possible except through gifts and bribes, do not proceed with this.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside the country says: I want to sponsor an orphan through official channels, and I cannot travel with him or take him abroad unless I pay a sum of money to that administration. His question is: Is it permissible for me to give the employees in the administration a gift so that I can obtain these documents and this permit?
Answer:
My brother, if it is possible for you to sponsor an orphan without gifts or without anything else, then do so. But if it is not possible except through gifts and bribes, do not proceed with this.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب العاشر في علامات مرض القلب وصحته — islamhouse.com (1:06:22)
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