The Ruling on Taking Turns at Work

The honorable Shaykh, this is a sent question: Two men work together in one of the companies on a night shift, and they agree that one of them will sleep at the beginning of the night, and his partner will wake him up after the first half of the shift has passed so that the other can continue with the remaining period. They say: This action does not affect the flow of work, but this is done without the management's knowledge. What is the ruling on this, may Allah keep you safe?The Shaykh: That is: two men are obligated to perform a night job from its beginning to its end, so they agreed that one of them would sleep at the beginning of the night and the other would perform the work, and the second would do the opposite,I say: This work is not permissible except after the permission of the person in charge,And another condition: That it does not disrupt the work, such as if the work requires the presence of two people, then it is necessary that even if the one above them permits them, it is not permissible for them to take turns,And the result is that this is permissible with two conditions: The first condition: the permission of the person in charge.

The second condition: That the work is not disrupted, for if the work is disrupted, it is not permissible even if the person in charge permits it.