The honorable Shaykh: A man hires workers for a specific task in a specific profession and takes a certain percentage from them each month. What is the ruling on that?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh: A man hires workers for a specific task in a specific profession and takes a certain percentage from them each month. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh : What I see is that it is not permissible unless it does not contradict the state's regulations and this guarantor has an effect in the actual work for which he took the percentage.
That is, if he is the one who talks to people, negotiates, and is the one who brings the materials and the like, then this is permissible on the condition that the state permits it.
Many people say: If I keep the workers according to the contract between me and them, they do not give advice and do not perform the work, and this is true.
But this matter can be remedied by saying to them: You are on your monthly salary, and if you do such and such, then you have a special wage for this.
For example, he says: If you are a plumber, you get two, three, or four riyals for every point, according to what is agreed with him, or if he is an electrician, he says: You get such and such for every light bulb and such and such for every switch. This motivates him, and there is no negligence, and he has proceeded according to the contract agreed upon between him and this worker. Yes.
So the issue has two forms: The first form is that I have a percentage on the condition that I have an effect in the actual work, and on another condition that the state permits it. The second is that they remain on the salary they agreed upon, and he gives them an additional incentive if they do such and such, then they get such and such. Yes, after that.
The Shaykh : What I see is that it is not permissible unless it does not contradict the state's regulations and this guarantor has an effect in the actual work for which he took the percentage.
That is, if he is the one who talks to people, negotiates, and is the one who brings the materials and the like, then this is permissible on the condition that the state permits it.
Many people say: If I keep the workers according to the contract between me and them, they do not give advice and do not perform the work, and this is true.
But this matter can be remedied by saying to them: You are on your monthly salary, and if you do such and such, then you have a special wage for this.
For example, he says: If you are a plumber, you get two, three, or four riyals for every point, according to what is agreed with him, or if he is an electrician, he says: You get such and such for every light bulb and such and such for every switch. This motivates him, and there is no negligence, and he has proceeded according to the contract agreed upon between him and this worker. Yes.
So the issue has two forms: The first form is that I have a percentage on the condition that I have an effect in the actual work, and on another condition that the state permits it. The second is that they remain on the salary they agreed upon, and he gives them an additional incentive if they do such and such, then they get such and such. Yes, after that.