Is it permissible to request a promotion in one's job if one is qualified for it and believes that others would fall short in it?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, Shaykh. A person may see in himself that he is qualified for this position and that others do not deserve it, and if he finds someone else in that place, they may mess with it or mishandle the responsibility.
The Shaykh : No, no, no, I did not mean a promotion regarding the job; I meant a promotion regarding the entitlement to an increase.
The questioner : Northern.
The Shaykh : I console him, oil of the head.
The questioner : And regarding jobs.
The Shaykh : No, regarding jobs, one looks at it; if the person in charge of this job is not qualified for it, either in his strength or his trustworthiness, there is no harm in asking, just as Yusuf said to the Aziz:[Yusuf 12:55] Because the one who was in charge of the treasury, meaning what we call the Minister of Finance, was wasting it, so Yusuf asked to be in charge of it,
The Shaykh : No, no, no, I did not mean a promotion regarding the job; I meant a promotion regarding the entitlement to an increase.
The questioner : Northern.
The Shaykh : I console him, oil of the head.
The questioner : And regarding jobs.
The Shaykh : No, regarding jobs, one looks at it; if the person in charge of this job is not qualified for it, either in his strength or his trustworthiness, there is no harm in asking, just as Yusuf said to the Aziz:
[Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."
اجْعَلْنِي عَلَىٰ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ إِنِّي حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1379 - 4600 هل يجوز طلب الترقية في الوضيفة إذا كان أهلاً لها ويرى أن غيره سيقصر فيها؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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