A man who was working in the Treasury then left his job when it became clear to him that he was assisting in falsehood.
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. We have a question about a brother of ours who was working in what they call the Treasury, which is naturally with us. This Treasury, so to speak, involved assisting in falsehood. So this young man stopped working. But there is, so to speak, poor management there in an unusual way. So even now, for a period of about six months or more, his salary is still being deposited in the bank every month. What should he do with this money? Should he return it to the government, and you know what our government is like, or should he do something else with it?
The Shaykh : His salary is being deposited into the bank. Why?
Another questioner : Into his account.
The questioner : Into his account, because we receive our salaries from the bank, from the bank, so to speak.
The Shaykh : Do you not know when the employee's salary is usually deposited into the bank? It can be known, for example, at the end of the month or the beginning of the new month.
The questioner : At the end of the month, always.
The Shaykh : Well, can it be collected immediately upon knowing that the salary has been deposited into the bank, or is it not possible?
The questioner : It can be collected.
The Shaykh : So, if he does not leave it in the bank and collects it, there is nothing upon him.
The questioner : No, the bank, for example, regarding the salary, there is no increase in it, there is no riba (usury or interest) in it. But what does he do with this money?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a matter of increase. It is a matter of not letting the bank benefit from this money, meaning it engages in riba (usury or interest) with it. Because the hadith says:Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 15:4 So if the employee leaves the money in the bank, he is not taking the riba (usury or interest), but he is the cause of helping the bank to deal with this money through riba (usury or interest).
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner : I understood from him that he left his job in the Treasury and the salary continued to come to him. So, he left the position, but his salary continues. What does he do with this money? That is the question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, let us see. Let us clarify. What is this money in exchange for?
The questioner : On the basis that he is still working, he is still working in this job, but he left it a while ago, about six months, and the salary is still being deposited until we came from there.
The Shaykh : Well, do I understand from this that the chaos has reached such a point there that the employee is absent for these months from his regular work, with no supervisor and no one to check on him?
The questioner : It is possible that you could say that a message even reached him on the basis of dismissal when he was absent for a long period. Allah knows if a dismissal message was sent, dismissing him from work. But the people in the financial department are still paying him his salary. It is poor management, so to speak.
The Shaykh : Poor management.
The questioner : Yes, we have a saying that goes, "The fish is rotten from its head."
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The fish, so to speak, is rotten from its head, meaning it is spoiled from its head.
The Shaykh : From its head. Yes, yes, correct. So, he is receiving a salary while he is not regular in the job for which he is entitled to the salary.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this money, if he leaves it, returns to its original course, meaning no other employee takes it, let him leave it. And if others take it, let him take it.
The questioner : No, the salary remains his, it remains in his account in the bank.
The Shaykh : No problem, it remains in his account in the bank, meaning no one can take it?
The questioner : No, no one takes it. I mean, does he use it, for example, for a lawsuit? Does he give it as charity?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not permissible for him to take what is not his right. It is not permissible. But I am thinking that it remains in the bank.
The questioner : Until circumstances change.
The Shaykh : Does this mean, for example, if this employee dies, that it will go to his family?
The questioner : Yes, it remains in his name and goes to his family.
The Shaykh : Well, but these sleeping employees, these ones who have woken up, pay attention, what do they do?
The questioner : If they wake up and the program has passed, they will cover it up, because they have fallen into the prohibited. They will cover it up, and that is it, because the mistake is theirs.
onAl-Halabi : They will arrange it, our Shaykh.
The questioner : They will arrange it.
The Shaykh : How do you mean?
onAl-Halabi : I mean, because the mistake, they are the ones who made the mistake, so it is possible from here, from here, through going back and forth, they will cover this issue. And this happens often in companies that have a deficit.
The Shaykh : No problem, my brother, what is meant by "cover it up"? Do they cut the salary or do they distort it?
onAl-Halabi : Of course, they cut the salary, but the initial deficit in the accounts.
The Shaykh : I am not talking about the initial deficit when they woke up, pay attention.
onAl-Halabi : They must cut it.
The Shaykh : They cut it?
The questioner : They cut the salary, but they do not speak to the owner of this salary. They do not speak to him, and they do not interfere with the salary that was deposited previously.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They cut the salary from now on, there is no more salary.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Well, but what has passed, they put it in what they call the deficit. There is always a deficit every year, we have, so to speak, millions, millions, so to speak, written as deficit, deficit, deficit, and things go on.
The Shaykh : In any case, I see finally that he should not take this money because he is not entitled to it due to his leaving the job. And there is no doubt that when he left his job, he left it for the sake of Allah, according to what I understood from you, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : So, whoever leaves something for the sake of Allah, Allah will replace it with something better.
The Shaykh : His salary is being deposited into the bank. Why?
Another questioner : Into his account.
The questioner : Into his account, because we receive our salaries from the bank, from the bank, so to speak.
The Shaykh : Do you not know when the employee's salary is usually deposited into the bank? It can be known, for example, at the end of the month or the beginning of the new month.
The questioner : At the end of the month, always.
The Shaykh : Well, can it be collected immediately upon knowing that the salary has been deposited into the bank, or is it not possible?
The questioner : It can be collected.
The Shaykh : So, if he does not leave it in the bank and collects it, there is nothing upon him.
The questioner : No, the bank, for example, regarding the salary, there is no increase in it, there is no riba (usury or interest) in it. But what does he do with this money?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not a matter of increase. It is a matter of not letting the bank benefit from this money, meaning it engages in riba (usury or interest) with it. Because the hadith says:
May Allah curse the one who eats riba and the one who feeds it.
لعن الله آكل الربا وموكلهThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Another questioner : I understood from him that he left his job in the Treasury and the salary continued to come to him. So, he left the position, but his salary continues. What does he do with this money? That is the question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Well, let us see. Let us clarify. What is this money in exchange for?
The questioner : On the basis that he is still working, he is still working in this job, but he left it a while ago, about six months, and the salary is still being deposited until we came from there.
The Shaykh : Well, do I understand from this that the chaos has reached such a point there that the employee is absent for these months from his regular work, with no supervisor and no one to check on him?
The questioner : It is possible that you could say that a message even reached him on the basis of dismissal when he was absent for a long period. Allah knows if a dismissal message was sent, dismissing him from work. But the people in the financial department are still paying him his salary. It is poor management, so to speak.
The Shaykh : Poor management.
The questioner : Yes, we have a saying that goes, "The fish is rotten from its head."
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The fish, so to speak, is rotten from its head, meaning it is spoiled from its head.
The Shaykh : From its head. Yes, yes, correct. So, he is receiving a salary while he is not regular in the job for which he is entitled to the salary.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this money, if he leaves it, returns to its original course, meaning no other employee takes it, let him leave it. And if others take it, let him take it.
The questioner : No, the salary remains his, it remains in his account in the bank.
The Shaykh : No problem, it remains in his account in the bank, meaning no one can take it?
The questioner : No, no one takes it. I mean, does he use it, for example, for a lawsuit? Does he give it as charity?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is not permissible for him to take what is not his right. It is not permissible. But I am thinking that it remains in the bank.
The questioner : Until circumstances change.
The Shaykh : Does this mean, for example, if this employee dies, that it will go to his family?
The questioner : Yes, it remains in his name and goes to his family.
The Shaykh : Well, but these sleeping employees, these ones who have woken up, pay attention, what do they do?
The questioner : If they wake up and the program has passed, they will cover it up, because they have fallen into the prohibited. They will cover it up, and that is it, because the mistake is theirs.
onAl-Halabi : They will arrange it, our Shaykh.
The questioner : They will arrange it.
The Shaykh : How do you mean?
onAl-Halabi : I mean, because the mistake, they are the ones who made the mistake, so it is possible from here, from here, through going back and forth, they will cover this issue. And this happens often in companies that have a deficit.
The Shaykh : No problem, my brother, what is meant by "cover it up"? Do they cut the salary or do they distort it?
onAl-Halabi : Of course, they cut the salary, but the initial deficit in the accounts.
The Shaykh : I am not talking about the initial deficit when they woke up, pay attention.
onAl-Halabi : They must cut it.
The Shaykh : They cut it?
The questioner : They cut the salary, but they do not speak to the owner of this salary. They do not speak to him, and they do not interfere with the salary that was deposited previously.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They cut the salary from now on, there is no more salary.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Well, but what has passed, they put it in what they call the deficit. There is always a deficit every year, we have, so to speak, millions, millions, so to speak, written as deficit, deficit, deficit, and things go on.
The Shaykh : In any case, I see finally that he should not take this money because he is not entitled to it due to his leaving the job. And there is no doubt that when he left his job, he left it for the sake of Allah, according to what I understood from you, is that not so?
The questioner : Yes, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : So, whoever leaves something for the sake of Allah, Allah will replace it with something better.
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