The Ruling on an Employee’s Negligence in Performing His Work and Advising His Superior
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Question:
The first question is: The questioner asks, does an employee who does not perform his work as required fall under this statement of Allah the Exalted: "Woe to the defrauders"? And what do you advise for one in this condition, and what do you advise his superior who knows about him?
Answer:
Employees are included in that. Every employee must perform the trust entrusted to him. The ruler performs the trust, the judge performs the trust, the school principal, the police chief, the municipality manager, the mayor, the police officer, the soldier—each one must perform his trust as Allah has legislated. He must perform the right that is due to him, be sincere in it, give sincere advice in it, and not betray the one who trusted him in it, whether he is an employee of the state or an employee of others from the people. The employee must first perform the right of Allah that is upon him, and perform the right of the one who trusted him and placed him in this position, whatever position it is.
Whether it is teaching, judging, military service, or something else, or selling, buying, building, or other matters, each one must perform the trust entrusted to him, fear Allah in it, and perform it to the best of his ability. He should give sincere advice in it for the sake of Allah and His servants, and he should be cautious. Yes.
And the manager, the ruler, and the minister, if he sees something of betrayal or negligence from those under his authority, he must address it, direct him to what is good, and advise him until he performs the obligatory duty. And he must punish him if advice does not benefit him, with the punishments he deserves that have been defined and explained, which he knows according to the instructions he has. He punishes him with punishments that do not contradict the Shari'ah until he turns back from his betrayal and negligence. Yes.
The first question is: The questioner asks, does an employee who does not perform his work as required fall under this statement of Allah the Exalted: "Woe to the defrauders"? And what do you advise for one in this condition, and what do you advise his superior who knows about him?
Answer:
Employees are included in that. Every employee must perform the trust entrusted to him. The ruler performs the trust, the judge performs the trust, the school principal, the police chief, the municipality manager, the mayor, the police officer, the soldier—each one must perform his trust as Allah has legislated. He must perform the right that is due to him, be sincere in it, give sincere advice in it, and not betray the one who trusted him in it, whether he is an employee of the state or an employee of others from the people. The employee must first perform the right of Allah that is upon him, and perform the right of the one who trusted him and placed him in this position, whatever position it is.
Whether it is teaching, judging, military service, or something else, or selling, buying, building, or other matters, each one must perform the trust entrusted to him, fear Allah in it, and perform it to the best of his ability. He should give sincere advice in it for the sake of Allah and His servants, and he should be cautious. Yes.
And the manager, the ruler, and the minister, if he sees something of betrayal or negligence from those under his authority, he must address it, direct him to what is good, and advise him until he performs the obligatory duty. And he must punish him if advice does not benefit him, with the punishments he deserves that have been defined and explained, which he knows according to the instructions he has. He punishes him with punishments that do not contradict the Shari'ah until he turns back from his betrayal and negligence. Yes.
Source
وجوب أداء الأمانة ورعايتها — islamhouse.com (35:41)
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