What is your advice to those who delay paying their workers their wages?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your advice to the owners of maintenance and cleaning companies who delay paying their workers' salaries for many months? What is the advice in this matter?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2443Sahih (Darussalam) So it is not permissible to delay the wage of the worker who is in need of it; this is not permissible. Rather, the hadith is absolute, whether he is in need of it or not. Sunan Ibn Majah 2443Sahih (Darussalam) Yes, this is injustice. Delaying it is injustice to the worker. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your advice to the owners of maintenance and cleaning companies who delay paying their workers' salaries for many months? What is the advice in this matter?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Give the worker his wages before his sweat dries.
اعطوا الاجير اجره قبل ان يجف عرقهGive the worker his wages before his sweat dries.
اعطوا الاجير اجره قبل ان يجف عرقه
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4628- 4717] ما نصيحتكم لمن يؤخر إعطاء العمالة أجورهم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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