Ruling on paying money to a sanitation worker to attend to a specific place
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on paying a sum of money to a sanitation worker so that he attends to a specific place to the exclusion of others? What is the ruling on paying a sum of money to a sanitation worker
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling on?
The questioner:
Paying a sum of money to a sanitation worker so that he attends to a specific place to the exclusion of others.
The Shaykh:
We told you that for all employees, all workers who receive salaries—doctors, employees in government offices, and workers—it is not permissible to pay them anything, because this corrupts the work. This worker works for you and for others; if you pay him something, you have corrupted the work for the others. This work is not permissible. This is what has corrupted the country: this type of practice. They have corrupted the doctors, the workers, and the employees in this way. This is not permissible.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on paying a sum of money to a sanitation worker so that he attends to a specific place to the exclusion of others? What is the ruling on paying a sum of money to a sanitation worker
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling on?
The questioner:
Paying a sum of money to a sanitation worker so that he attends to a specific place to the exclusion of others.
The Shaykh:
We told you that for all employees, all workers who receive salaries—doctors, employees in government offices, and workers—it is not permissible to pay them anything, because this corrupts the work. This worker works for you and for others; if you pay him something, you have corrupted the work for the others. This work is not permissible. This is what has corrupted the country: this type of practice. They have corrupted the doctors, the workers, and the employees in this way. This is not permissible.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الرخصة في العرايا وبيع الأصول والثمار — islamhouse.com (21:03)
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