A government department manager accepting a gift from a company
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I am the manager of one of the government service departments, and a company gave me a gift for the office where I work. Is it permissible for me to accept it?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible for you to accept it, and the government, praise be to Allah, is wealthy and does not need it for the office. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I am the manager of one of the government service departments, and a company gave me a gift for the office where I work. Is it permissible for me to accept it?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible for you to accept it, and the government, praise be to Allah, is wealthy and does not need it for the office. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:09:43)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.