Ruling on the Use of Private Government Equipment in Charitable Organizations
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What is the ruling on using some equipment belonging to a government department, such as a paper copier, in charitable organizations?
Using government equipment, whether cars, copiers, or anything else, is absolutely not permissible; because you are a trustee, and a trustee does not dispose of what he is entrusted with except for the benefit of what he is entrusted with, even if it is in the path of good.If a person comes to you and says: This is a paper containing a sermon, I want to publish it, copy it for me.
It is not permissible for you to copy it.
If this person comes with a paper,And he said: copy this for me, and this is the paper, it is also not permissible; because it will consume the ink, and the movement of the machine also affects it.
People take these matters lightly, but they are a serious matter.
As for the manager's permission, does the manager have the authority to permit this? He does not have the authority to permit this.
And on this basis, it is obligatory to seek permission from King Fahd personally,Otherwise, leave it! The questioner: And if compensation is made?The Shaykh: even if compensation is made.
There is also another matter, some people use the office telephone with a number that has a zero, and this is prohibited,But if this employee says: if the bill comes, whatever number I called, I will pay for it, so it appears that if the office manager permits it, there is no harm, provided that I have some concern in my heart about this; because its use for his personal benefit might coincide with someone calling this office and finding the line busy, in which case he would have lost the opportunity.
So it is obligatory that we be scrupulous.
Using government equipment, whether cars, copiers, or anything else, is absolutely not permissible; because you are a trustee, and a trustee does not dispose of what he is entrusted with except for the benefit of what he is entrusted with, even if it is in the path of good.If a person comes to you and says: This is a paper containing a sermon, I want to publish it, copy it for me.
It is not permissible for you to copy it.
If this person comes with a paper,And he said: copy this for me, and this is the paper, it is also not permissible; because it will consume the ink, and the movement of the machine also affects it.
People take these matters lightly, but they are a serious matter.
As for the manager's permission, does the manager have the authority to permit this? He does not have the authority to permit this.
And on this basis, it is obligatory to seek permission from King Fahd personally,Otherwise, leave it! The questioner: And if compensation is made?The Shaykh: even if compensation is made.
There is also another matter, some people use the office telephone with a number that has a zero, and this is prohibited,But if this employee says: if the bill comes, whatever number I called, I will pay for it, so it appears that if the office manager permits it, there is no harm, provided that I have some concern in my heart about this; because its use for his personal benefit might coincide with someone calling this office and finding the line busy, in which case he would have lost the opportunity.
So it is obligatory that we be scrupulous.