What is the ruling on two men who work in a night job and are required to work the entire night, and they agree to take turns so that each one sleeps for half of the shift without the management’s knowledge?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah preserve you, this is a written question: Two men work together in one of the companies in a night job, and they agree that one of them sleeps at the beginning of the night, and his partner wakes him up after half of the shift period has passed so that the other one continues with the remaining period.
And they say: This action does not affect the flow of the work, but this is done without the management’s knowledge. What is the ruling in this case? May Allah keep you safe?
The Shaykh : I did not understand the question well, and I think the brothers did not understand it either. What is the meaning of the question?
The questioner : Two men, meaning, in a night job, both are required to work a night shift for a period, meaning a night period.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the two agree that one of them sleeps at the beginning of the night until midnight.
The Shaykh : They take turns.
The questioner : They take turns.
The Shaykh : The night shift: it is obligatory for them all to stay awake at night.
The questioner : All of them are equal.
The Shaykh : Okay, I say: This process is now clear, meaning that two men are required to perform a night job from its beginning to its end, and they agreed that one of them sleeps at the beginning of the night and the other performs the work, and the second one does the opposite.
I say: This action is not permissible, except after the permission of the supervisor, and with another condition that this does not disrupt the work. If the work requires the presence of two people, then it is necessary that, even if the one above them gives them permission, it is not permissible for them to take turns.
And the result is that this is permissible with two conditions: The first condition is the permission of the supervisor, and the second condition is that the work is not disrupted. If the work is disrupted, then it is not permissible, even if the supervisor gives permission. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah preserve you.
And they say: This action does not affect the flow of the work, but this is done without the management’s knowledge. What is the ruling in this case? May Allah keep you safe?
The Shaykh : I did not understand the question well, and I think the brothers did not understand it either. What is the meaning of the question?
The questioner : Two men, meaning, in a night job, both are required to work a night shift for a period, meaning a night period.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the two agree that one of them sleeps at the beginning of the night until midnight.
The Shaykh : They take turns.
The questioner : They take turns.
The Shaykh : The night shift: it is obligatory for them all to stay awake at night.
The questioner : All of them are equal.
The Shaykh : Okay, I say: This process is now clear, meaning that two men are required to perform a night job from its beginning to its end, and they agreed that one of them sleeps at the beginning of the night and the other performs the work, and the second one does the opposite.
I say: This action is not permissible, except after the permission of the supervisor, and with another condition that this does not disrupt the work. If the work requires the presence of two people, then it is necessary that, even if the one above them gives them permission, it is not permissible for them to take turns.
And the result is that this is permissible with two conditions: The first condition is the permission of the supervisor, and the second condition is that the work is not disrupted. If the work is disrupted, then it is not permissible, even if the supervisor gives permission. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, may Allah preserve you.