Bringing in workers and taking a monthly tax from them
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The questioner:
First of all, many people bring in workers from abroad, and they know how they please, and they demand a specific amount from them at the end of every month, whether this worker gets work to earn from or not. They impose three things on them monthly that they pay to them. It is said that you see, you see, always.
The Shaykh:
This is well known; this is a well-known issue. They bring in workers for whom they have no need and for whom they have no jobs. They leave them to work for people and take a daily or monthly tax from them. This is forbidden (haram) and not permissible, because bringing in workers is not allowed except for one who has work that requires workers to work for him. For example, a contractor who holds contracts that require workers, or a farmer who has a farm that requires workers, or one who has cars that require drivers to use drivers. So, the result is that if he has a need for workers and has work, this is what is allowed. But a person who has no work and uses workers to employ them with people and takes from them, this is not permissible; it is forbidden (haram). A decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars ten years ago and announced in the newspapers that this is not permissible, because it is contrary to what the one in authority has permitted. Also, it is eating the toil of these people and imposing an amount on them that they may or may not obtain. This is wrong; it is not permissible. What is allowed is if you have work, bring in workers according to your work. If you have no work, do not bring in workers. Let the Muslims rest from the infidels who have filled the land now. They bring in even the infidels, the polytheists, the Buddhists, the Sikhs, the secular ideas, and the shura and the disasters, and they spread them in the lands of the Muslims. This is not permissible, O servants of Allah; it is forbidden (haram).
The questioner:
Of course. Regarding...
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible except if you have work. If you have work, there is no objection. If you have commercial work, if you have agricultural work, if you have construction work, if you have car work that requires drivers, there is no objection. All of this is permissible as long as you have work, at the wage that you and they agree upon. But the person who trades in the toil of people and the sweat of people, considering these people like beasts, meaning he binds them or contracts them, this is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
No, no, no, no.
The Shaykh:
Tired. No, he must be disciplined. The one who brought them in must be disciplined, and they must be removed and sent back to their countries, because they came irregularly, because their coming is irregular, not permitted.
First of all, many people bring in workers from abroad, and they know how they please, and they demand a specific amount from them at the end of every month, whether this worker gets work to earn from or not. They impose three things on them monthly that they pay to them. It is said that you see, you see, always.
The Shaykh:
This is well known; this is a well-known issue. They bring in workers for whom they have no need and for whom they have no jobs. They leave them to work for people and take a daily or monthly tax from them. This is forbidden (haram) and not permissible, because bringing in workers is not allowed except for one who has work that requires workers to work for him. For example, a contractor who holds contracts that require workers, or a farmer who has a farm that requires workers, or one who has cars that require drivers to use drivers. So, the result is that if he has a need for workers and has work, this is what is allowed. But a person who has no work and uses workers to employ them with people and takes from them, this is not permissible; it is forbidden (haram). A decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars ten years ago and announced in the newspapers that this is not permissible, because it is contrary to what the one in authority has permitted. Also, it is eating the toil of these people and imposing an amount on them that they may or may not obtain. This is wrong; it is not permissible. What is allowed is if you have work, bring in workers according to your work. If you have no work, do not bring in workers. Let the Muslims rest from the infidels who have filled the land now. They bring in even the infidels, the polytheists, the Buddhists, the Sikhs, the secular ideas, and the shura and the disasters, and they spread them in the lands of the Muslims. This is not permissible, O servants of Allah; it is forbidden (haram).
The questioner:
Of course. Regarding...
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible except if you have work. If you have work, there is no objection. If you have commercial work, if you have agricultural work, if you have construction work, if you have car work that requires drivers, there is no objection. All of this is permissible as long as you have work, at the wage that you and they agree upon. But the person who trades in the toil of people and the sweat of people, considering these people like beasts, meaning he binds them or contracts them, this is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
No, no, no, no.
The Shaykh:
Tired. No, he must be disciplined. The one who brought them in must be disciplined, and they must be removed and sent back to their countries, because they came irregularly, because their coming is irregular, not permitted.
Source
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