The official purchasing from an employee what he gifted him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! I am an employee in a position of responsibility, and one of the workers gifted me a pair of shoes. I refused, but I purchased them from him to avoid the religious prohibition. Is my action correct? If it is not correct, what should I do?
Answer:
As long as you purchased them, but if you had not purchased them and went to the market to buy them there, I would be better off, and this is better for me. I went to the market and bought a better one, and perhaps a cheaper one, so there is no harm. But as long as you purchased them and the matter occurred
Honorable Shaykh! I am an employee in a position of responsibility, and one of the workers gifted me a pair of shoes. I refused, but I purchased them from him to avoid the religious prohibition. Is my action correct? If it is not correct, what should I do?
Answer:
As long as you purchased them, but if you had not purchased them and went to the market to buy them there, I would be better off, and this is better for me. I went to the market and bought a better one, and perhaps a cheaper one, so there is no harm. But as long as you purchased them and the matter occurred
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الهبة — islamhouse.com (1:11:11)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.