Ruling on doing private work at the expense of public work
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May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh: A man works in a government department, and the manager of this department said to him: I want you to manage commercial affairs for me and I will exempt you from your work. Should he accept this, or should he continue with his work?
First: We must know that the system in the state is that an employee does not engage in commercial work, whether he is a manager or not.So this manager who said to the employee: Work in my business.We say first: Your business is forbidden unless you have permission from the government.
The questioner: Perhaps he was given permission to work in agriculture?Answer: Even this is not permissible; this employee must not use his working hours for his agriculture, because this falls under the category of encroaching on government affairs. As mentioned at the beginning of the session regarding one who uses a government car for his private affairs, it is not permissible for the employee to agree to this assignment.Rather, he says: No.
I want to work in the job for which I receive the salary. If this manager is going to give him more than the government salary, let him resign from the government salary and work for this manager as a private employee for a wage from him.
First: We must know that the system in the state is that an employee does not engage in commercial work, whether he is a manager or not.So this manager who said to the employee: Work in my business.We say first: Your business is forbidden unless you have permission from the government.
The questioner: Perhaps he was given permission to work in agriculture?Answer: Even this is not permissible; this employee must not use his working hours for his agriculture, because this falls under the category of encroaching on government affairs. As mentioned at the beginning of the session regarding one who uses a government car for his private affairs, it is not permissible for the employee to agree to this assignment.Rather, he says: No.
I want to work in the job for which I receive the salary. If this manager is going to give him more than the government salary, let him resign from the government salary and work for this manager as a private employee for a wage from him.