Ruling on Dealing with Workers on a Percentage Basis
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If a person owns a tailoring shop and employs workers, dealing with them on a percentage basis,And he said: where the percentage for sewing clothes each month is set between you and them at a certain amount, and he finds that at the end of each month he is paying them salaries out of his own pocket and losing money on the shop, so he agrees with them that they will pay the rent of the shop to the building owner, and that they will give him a fixed five hundred riyals monthly, with the remaining profits belonging to them,So he says: saying, "Work this entire month; if you profit five thousand or profit one hundred riyals, you must give me five hundred riyals monthly, and the rent of the shop is your responsibility." These workers are under his sponsorship, and the shop is rented in his name. What is your opinion on this? And what is your opinion of the one who did this, given that the workers agree with and are happy with this arrangement?
I see that this is not permissible, and that it is obligatory for him to give them the wage agreed upon with them at the time of the contract, while they are in their own country,And as I told you just now: giving them, for example, a specific percentage for each garment or each meter, and being safe from their negligence. As for what you mentioned, it is forbidden for him; because it involves excessive uncertainty, ignorance, and violation of the state's regulations.
As for the wealth he acquired before he knew, Allah the Exalted says regarding usury: [Surat al-Baqarah: 275] .
The questioner: And if he has not disposed of the wealth, and it is still in his possession?The Shaykh: What he did before he knew, and then repented, is his.
I see that this is not permissible, and that it is obligatory for him to give them the wage agreed upon with them at the time of the contract, while they are in their own country,And as I told you just now: giving them, for example, a specific percentage for each garment or each meter, and being safe from their negligence. As for what you mentioned, it is forbidden for him; because it involves excessive uncertainty, ignorance, and violation of the state's regulations.
As for the wealth he acquired before he knew, Allah the Exalted says regarding usury:
So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allah. But whoever returns to [dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
فَمَنْ جَاءَهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ فَانْتَهَى فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَThe questioner: And if he has not disposed of the wealth, and it is still in his possession?The Shaykh: What he did before he knew, and then repented, is his.