Approaching Retirement: What Is Your Advice? Should I Resign and Settle My Rights Instead of Retiring, Because I Heard There Is a Doubtful Aspect in It, Even Though It Is More Beneficial for Me Than
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The questioner : He said: Honorable Shaykh, I am approaching retirement, so what do you advise me to do? Should I resign and settle my rights instead of retiring, because I heard that there is a doubtful aspect in it, even though it is more beneficial for me, more beneficial for me than settling, or is there no doubtful aspect in it, in which case I will take it? O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, I say: There is no doubtful aspect in it, if Allah wills. Retirement pensions do not contain a doubtful aspect because they come from the public treasury and are not a transaction between one person and another, such that we would say: It contains a doubtful aspect of riba (usury or interest). Rather, it is a right due to this retiree from the public treasury. So there is no doubtful aspect in it. Remain in your position and take the retirement pension. I ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to make it a blessing for you. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, I say: There is no doubtful aspect in it, if Allah wills. Retirement pensions do not contain a doubtful aspect because they come from the public treasury and are not a transaction between one person and another, such that we would say: It contains a doubtful aspect of riba (usury or interest). Rather, it is a right due to this retiree from the public treasury. So there is no doubtful aspect in it. Remain in your position and take the retirement pension. I ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to make it a blessing for you. Yes.