Ruling on Opening a Recruitment Agency
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on opening a recruitment agency?
The Shaykh:
There is no good in it. Writing for employment brings no good, because it involves bringing disbelievers into the lands of the Muslims, bringing women without their mahram (relatives one may not marry), and bringing corruption and those who are corrupt in their morals and corrupt in their beliefs into the lands of the Muslims. So we do not recommend opening a recruitment agency, because all of this falls upon the conscience of the agency owner, because he is a guarantor, because he is a guarantor in this matter, and he has assisted in it. So, refrain from engaging in such a matter. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is the hadith about the pressure of the grave authentic?
The Shaykh:
Along with the injustice it entails for the workers. Injustice is done to the workers by imposing the employment fee, which may result in them being burdened with severe financial costs, and they are forced to pay it in order to come to the country. Injustice is done to the workers in this.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on opening a recruitment agency?
The Shaykh:
There is no good in it. Writing for employment brings no good, because it involves bringing disbelievers into the lands of the Muslims, bringing women without their mahram (relatives one may not marry), and bringing corruption and those who are corrupt in their morals and corrupt in their beliefs into the lands of the Muslims. So we do not recommend opening a recruitment agency, because all of this falls upon the conscience of the agency owner, because he is a guarantor, because he is a guarantor in this matter, and he has assisted in it. So, refrain from engaging in such a matter. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is the hadith about the pressure of the grave authentic?
The Shaykh:
Along with the injustice it entails for the workers. Injustice is done to the workers by imposing the employment fee, which may result in them being burdened with severe financial costs, and they are forced to pay it in order to come to the country. Injustice is done to the workers in this.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب القسم — islamhouse.com (1:13:07)
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