What is the ruling on sponsors who wrong their dependents?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh: Many of the foreign workers complain about their sponsors depriving them of their rights, taking their money or not paying them, or assigning them work beyond their capacity, or the domestic workers such as maids and servants. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in this matter?
The Shaykh : The ruling on these sponsors who wrong their dependents by delaying their rights, or preventing them entirely, or compelling them to do what is not obligatory for them, is that they are wrongdoers. It is obligatory for them to remember the exaltation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) over them, and that if Allah has given them authority over these people, then He, Glorified and Exalted is He, has authority over the sponsors. They should remember Allah's power over them, and that His power over them is greater than their power over these poor, destitute people. We speak about this often in sermons and in some gatherings. A person, may Allah protect us from it, if greed overcomes him, then greed is ruin, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 470.
The Shaykh : The ruling on these sponsors who wrong their dependents by delaying their rights, or preventing them entirely, or compelling them to do what is not obligatory for them, is that they are wrongdoers. It is obligatory for them to remember the exaltation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) over them, and that if Allah has given them authority over these people, then He, Glorified and Exalted is He, has authority over the sponsors. They should remember Allah's power over them, and that His power over them is greater than their power over these poor, destitute people. We speak about this often in sermons and in some gatherings. A person, may Allah protect us from it, if greed overcomes him, then greed is ruin, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: