Taking the salary of a brother who worked with a forged certificate
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have a brother whose certificate is forged and not official. He used it to get a job and took a salary based on it, and his salary is still continuing. He says, and my brother has passed away, is it permissible for me to take this money and this salary that is being paid?
Answer:
Yes, the criterion is the work, not the certificate. The criterion is the work: if he performed the work as required, he is entitled to the salary. If he did not perform the work, even if he has a certificate, the salary is not lawful for him. If he did not perform the work, even if he has a certificate, the salary is not lawful for him. But if he performed the work as required, he is entitled to the salary, even if he did not have a certificate. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I have a brother whose certificate is forged and not official. He used it to get a job and took a salary based on it, and his salary is still continuing. He says, and my brother has passed away, is it permissible for me to take this money and this salary that is being paid?
Answer:
Yes, the criterion is the work, not the certificate. The criterion is the work: if he performed the work as required, he is entitled to the salary. If he did not perform the work, even if he has a certificate, the salary is not lawful for him. If he did not perform the work, even if he has a certificate, the salary is not lawful for him. But if he performed the work as required, he is entitled to the salary, even if he did not have a certificate. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب التوحيد - 4 — islamhouse.com (1:14:19)
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