I am delivering my family instead of the driver, so they give me a wage for that. Is it permissible for me to take it from them?
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The questioner:
This questioner says: I sometimes convey my family to the market, and they do not adhere to the Shari'ah hijab and they wear the niqab, and I take from them the fare for the ride willingly and with their consent. Is this money that I take lawful or forbidden? Knowing that if I do not convey them, the driver or the foreign driver, especially in the street, will do so, and I fear this matter, and I have no authority over them. Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
First, we do not know how he takes the fare for the ride when they are his family. His family: it is obligatory for him to do what they need without taking anything from them. And second, how is it that his family go out without modesty and he is unable to prevent them, when they are his family? He has authority over them and the ability to prevent them from abandoning the hijab and to oblige them to wear the hijab, because Allah says:[At-Tahrim 66:6] So he has authority and the ability over his family, so he does not let them rebel against the command of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and go out without a hijab or with a hijab that is not proper, because he is responsible for them before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). "Every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you is responsible for his flock."
The questioner:
It is a small child, Shaykh. The one who usually takes the fare is small in the family, meaning he conveys his mother and his sisters.
The Shaykh:
A small child is not accountable. If he has not reached puberty, he is not accountable, and consequently, he cannot drive the car while he is small, including the danger involved. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and benefit us with your knowledge.
This questioner says: I sometimes convey my family to the market, and they do not adhere to the Shari'ah hijab and they wear the niqab, and I take from them the fare for the ride willingly and with their consent. Is this money that I take lawful or forbidden? Knowing that if I do not convey them, the driver or the foreign driver, especially in the street, will do so, and I fear this matter, and I have no authority over them. Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
First, we do not know how he takes the fare for the ride when they are his family. His family: it is obligatory for him to do what they need without taking anything from them. And second, how is it that his family go out without modesty and he is unable to prevent them, when they are his family? He has authority over them and the ability to prevent them from abandoning the hijab and to oblige them to wear the hijab, because Allah says:
O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُThe questioner:
It is a small child, Shaykh. The one who usually takes the fare is small in the family, meaning he conveys his mother and his sisters.
The Shaykh:
A small child is not accountable. If he has not reached puberty, he is not accountable, and consequently, he cannot drive the car while he is small, including the danger involved. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and benefit us with your knowledge.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أقوم بتوصيل أهلي بدلا من السائق، فيعطوني مقابل ذلك أجرة، هل يجوز لي أخذها منهم؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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