Requesting Intercession for an Unemployed Brother from the Guardians of Students
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I work as a student counselor; I work as a student counselor in a private school. I have become acquainted with the guardians of students who hold high positions and have good relations with officials. I have a brother who is unemployed. Is it permissible for me to ask one of these fathers to intercede for my brother for a job anywhere, or is this considered a form of bribery?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is a form of bribery. But let your brother, or the one you want to help, be the one who goes and asks. It is not you; he is the one who asks them.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Or intercede for someone other than yourself among those who have done good to you. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I work as a student counselor; I work as a student counselor in a private school. I have become acquainted with the guardians of students who hold high positions and have good relations with officials. I have a brother who is unemployed. Is it permissible for me to ask one of these fathers to intercede for my brother for a job anywhere, or is this considered a form of bribery?
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is a form of bribery. But let your brother, or the one you want to help, be the one who goes and asks. It is not you; he is the one who asks them.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Or intercede for someone other than yourself among those who have done good to you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 116 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / القضاء / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:53)
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