Delaying Attendance and Deducting Money from the Salary
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The questioner:
And this, may Allah preserve you, is a similar question. He says: I sometimes delay my attendance by a few minutes due to traffic or, at other times, due to sleep. His question is: Am I required to pay money from my salary in compensation for these delays?
The Shaykh:
What clears your obligation is this: if you pay it out, it clears your obligation. If what prevented you from moving was the traffic, then you are excused. That is, you were heading to work but the traffic prevented you; you are excused and there is no blame on you for that. But if you say that you were sleeping, sleep is not an excuse. Sleep, because you may have stayed up at night. Do you sleep during the day? Sleep at night early so that you can rise during the day. Accustom yourself to this.
The presenter:
He has it.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best.
And this, may Allah preserve you, is a similar question. He says: I sometimes delay my attendance by a few minutes due to traffic or, at other times, due to sleep. His question is: Am I required to pay money from my salary in compensation for these delays?
The Shaykh:
What clears your obligation is this: if you pay it out, it clears your obligation. If what prevented you from moving was the traffic, then you are excused. That is, you were heading to work but the traffic prevented you; you are excused and there is no blame on you for that. But if you say that you were sleeping, sleep is not an excuse. Sleep, because you may have stayed up at night. Do you sleep during the day? Sleep at night early so that you can rise during the day. Accustom yourself to this.
The presenter:
He has it.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الجواب عما احتج به أهل الوسواس — islamhouse.com (1:15:42)
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