Follow-up: Is it permissible for an employee who is given the value of fuel for the government car in his possession to dispose of the money exceeding the fuel value to repair the car?
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The questioner : And the fuel increases, and we dispose of it in repairing the cars. I compared this to a case where I contacted the official responsible for that, the authorized officer regarding water, who spends, for example, two riyals. He said: There is no problem, buy four riyals worth of water at the value of the two riyals, dispose of it, buy the cheapest price. Is it permissible for me to do that, to dispose of the fuel to repair the cars with it?
The Shaykh : The cars belong to the government?
The questioner : The government cars, regarding mechanics, electricity, and the like?
The Shaykh : If the officials know that this amount of fuel, or this compensation for fuel, is more than what the work requires, if they know that.
The questioner : No, in some months the fuel increases, and in some months it does not increase.
The Shaykh : It is not contrary if it increases, if they say when it increases: There is no problem in disposing of it to repair the car. Then that is good, and may Allah reward you. What is forbidden is if it increases and you take it for yourself. That is what is forbidden.
The questioner : I did not ask them. I asked them about the water, and they said: There is no problem.
The Shaykh : Ask them about this too. May Allah reward you with good. Ask them about this. If they say: There is no problem, then this is good work, and you want to repair with it. Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : The cars belong to the government?
The questioner : The government cars, regarding mechanics, electricity, and the like?
The Shaykh : If the officials know that this amount of fuel, or this compensation for fuel, is more than what the work requires, if they know that.
The questioner : No, in some months the fuel increases, and in some months it does not increase.
The Shaykh : It is not contrary if it increases, if they say when it increases: There is no problem in disposing of it to repair the car. Then that is good, and may Allah reward you. What is forbidden is if it increases and you take it for yourself. That is what is forbidden.
The questioner : I did not ask them. I asked them about the water, and they said: There is no problem.
The Shaykh : Ask them about this too. May Allah reward you with good. Ask them about this. If they say: There is no problem, then this is good work, and you want to repair with it. Yes, yes.