Ruling on a government employee working for a merchant
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I am an employee, and I want to work for a merchant, either for a salary or for a share. Is this permissible?The Shaykh: And you are an employee?The questioner: Yes.
I am an employee.
The Shaykh: And the state prohibits working.
The questioner: It prohibits me from opening a commercial establishment, but I work under a person for a salary, or for a share?The Shaykh: Ask the employee affairs department whether this is permissible for you or not.The questioner: As far as they are concerned, now you go to the municipality, and when they give you a license, you open an establishment.
The Shaykh: Now you have not opened an establishment, but you were working as a worker for a merchant?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Ask the responsible authorities about this; is this included in trade or not?If they said: There is no harm, there is no harm.
The questioner: As far as they are concerned, they have no involvement, meaning: like the ministry or the education administration. The Shaykh: The ministry or the service bureau. The questioner: The education administration or the school. Do not worry about this thing.But the municipality. The Shaykh: The education administration may not say anything to you, but this is what the system says; ask him.
The questioner: The municipality.
The Shaykh: No.
The municipality has been notified. This system is issued by the employee affairs department. Interjection: or the employee bureau.
The Shaykh: Or the employee bureau; ask them.And make your food pure; do not eat anything forbidden. The questioner: We are asking, O Shaykh! The Shaykh: I say: Do not think that I am rambling with you. I say to all of you: Make your food pure.
Interjection: Are there female teachers who work continuously?The Shaykh: Just as I tell you: Ask the specialists.
The questioner: We asked them.They said: No; because they do not work two shifts, they work one shift.
The Shaykh: As for if I can say: If you are working in the same office, this is in the interest of the office.
The questioner: No, nothing else.
The Shaykh: [Al-Ma'idah: 1] And you are entering into a contract with them: that you will not take employment and you will not take bribes.
I am an employee.
The Shaykh: And the state prohibits working.
The questioner: It prohibits me from opening a commercial establishment, but I work under a person for a salary, or for a share?The Shaykh: Ask the employee affairs department whether this is permissible for you or not.The questioner: As far as they are concerned, now you go to the municipality, and when they give you a license, you open an establishment.
The Shaykh: Now you have not opened an establishment, but you were working as a worker for a merchant?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Ask the responsible authorities about this; is this included in trade or not?If they said: There is no harm, there is no harm.
The questioner: As far as they are concerned, they have no involvement, meaning: like the ministry or the education administration. The Shaykh: The ministry or the service bureau. The questioner: The education administration or the school. Do not worry about this thing.But the municipality. The Shaykh: The education administration may not say anything to you, but this is what the system says; ask him.
The questioner: The municipality.
The Shaykh: No.
The municipality has been notified. This system is issued by the employee affairs department. Interjection: or the employee bureau.
The Shaykh: Or the employee bureau; ask them.And make your food pure; do not eat anything forbidden. The questioner: We are asking, O Shaykh! The Shaykh: I say: Do not think that I am rambling with you. I say to all of you: Make your food pure.
Interjection: Are there female teachers who work continuously?The Shaykh: Just as I tell you: Ask the specialists.
The questioner: We asked them.They said: No; because they do not work two shifts, they work one shift.
The Shaykh: As for if I can say: If you are working in the same office, this is in the interest of the office.
The questioner: No, nothing else.
The Shaykh: