The Ruling on Selling Worker Visas
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Question:
We are still with you live on air with Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve him and grant him scrupulousness). 'Abd al-'Aziz from Abha, please go ahead, 'Abd al-'Aziz. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. And upon you, peace. I have a question, Shaykh. Please. The one who gets a visa for one thousand riyals and sells it to a person for ten thousand, is that lawful or forbidden? Yes, how? Goodbye. The visa. No, foreign workers, he gets it and sells it for ten thousand, is that lawful or forbidden?
Answer:
My brother, the visa has a system; do not violate the system regarding it. If you violate the system regarding it, it is forbidden; because the one in authority has not authorized it, and it is harmful to the people. So this follows the state's system regarding visas. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
We are still with you live on air with Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan (may Allah preserve him and grant him scrupulousness). 'Abd al-'Aziz from Abha, please go ahead, 'Abd al-'Aziz. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. And upon you, peace. I have a question, Shaykh. Please. The one who gets a visa for one thousand riyals and sells it to a person for ten thousand, is that lawful or forbidden? Yes, how? Goodbye. The visa. No, foreign workers, he gets it and sells it for ten thousand, is that lawful or forbidden?
Answer:
My brother, the visa has a system; do not violate the system regarding it. If you violate the system regarding it, it is forbidden; because the one in authority has not authorized it, and it is harmful to the people. So this follows the state's system regarding visas. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 01 فتاوى على الهواء - 12 01 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (13:50)
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