Exegesis of the actions of workers in transferring funds that exceed their salaries
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The questioner:
Shaykh Salih, some workers come on a fixed and known wage, and it is known that their annual income does not exceed a certain amount, but you find that in the end they spend and transfer to their country enormous sums that exceed what was agreed upon many times over. Do you have a word, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is all a result of what was previously pointed out, which is that owners of wealth are lax in safeguarding it and trust these workers. These workers run wild with their wealth, taking from it and embezzling from it, to the extent that it amounts to many times their salaries. Their transfers to their homelands increase, which indicates that they have betrayed the owners of the businesses and their employers. Because if we measure their monthly and annual salaries, we do not find them reaching the magnitude of what they transfer monthly or at different times. It is obligatory for the owners of wealth to safeguard it and be vigilant, and it is obligatory for the workers to repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We do not say that all workers...
The presenter:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
...are traitors. No, but we say that this predominates in some of the servants, otherwise, if Allah wills, there are good people among them who are kind. But a person should not place blind trust in everyone. Yes.
Shaykh Salih, some workers come on a fixed and known wage, and it is known that their annual income does not exceed a certain amount, but you find that in the end they spend and transfer to their country enormous sums that exceed what was agreed upon many times over. Do you have a word, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is all a result of what was previously pointed out, which is that owners of wealth are lax in safeguarding it and trust these workers. These workers run wild with their wealth, taking from it and embezzling from it, to the extent that it amounts to many times their salaries. Their transfers to their homelands increase, which indicates that they have betrayed the owners of the businesses and their employers. Because if we measure their monthly and annual salaries, we do not find them reaching the magnitude of what they transfer monthly or at different times. It is obligatory for the owners of wealth to safeguard it and be vigilant, and it is obligatory for the workers to repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We do not say that all workers...
The presenter:
Yes, yes.
The Shaykh:
...are traitors. No, but we say that this predominates in some of the servants, otherwise, if Allah wills, there are good people among them who are kind. But a person should not place blind trust in everyone. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4082- التحذير من خيانة الأمانة - ونصيحة لأرباب العمل - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (2:09)
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