Is it permissible for a person to relinquish his job if he retires for a fee?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : There is a regulation in the National Guard, by the state (may Allah preserve it), that the position belongs to the man. So after he retires or dies, the regulation allows him to place one of his sons or relatives in his place. But if this man has no one, they may offer him a sum of money to relinquish this position. What is your opinion, O honorable one, on this matter?
The Shaykh : I mean, he relinquishes it before he dies?
The questioner : For example, he retires and has no one, no sons. Someone comes and says: I will give you this much, a sum of money, just let me have the position?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : And what is the advice?
The Shaykh : The advice is that a person should fear his Lord and know that if he consumes what is forbidden, it will affect his worship, his supplication, and so on. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentionedSahih Muslim 1015 And this world, my brother, is not a place of permanence, nor is it Paradise. This world is a passage and a test in righteous deeds. So a person must not make money the capital. The true capital is the deed, whereas money is transient, or its owner is transient, inevitably. Yes.
The questioner : The same regulation does not give the man the right.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The same regulation, I mean.
The Shaykh : The same regulation, does it permit this?
The questioner : It says: his son or one of his relatives. This is the customary practice.
The Shaykh : Let us leave aside the customary practice, but does the regulation permit a person to relinquish his retirement, for example, to a person? Yes.
The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Some of the writers...
The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahman Jum'a. This is what... the mountains of knowledge, they are not concerned with it.
The questioner : I ask.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I ask.
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : Fine.
The Shaykh : These are two that were destroyed rightfully. Two are rightfully so: Adam's right and the men's right. Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, he relinquishes it before he dies?
The questioner : For example, he retires and has no one, no sons. Someone comes and says: I will give you this much, a sum of money, just let me have the position?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : And what is the advice?
The Shaykh : The advice is that a person should fear his Lord and know that if he consumes what is forbidden, it will affect his worship, his supplication, and so on. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned
He then made a mention of a person who travels widely, his hair disheveled and covered with dust. He lifts his hand towards the sky (and thus makes the supplication): "O Lord, O Lord," whereas his diet is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, and his clothes are unlawful and his nourishment is unlawful. How can then his supplication be accepted?
الرجل يطيل السفر أشعث أغبر يمد يديه إلى السماء : يا رب يا رب ومطعمه حرام ومشربه حرام وغذي بالحرام فأنى يستجاب لذلكThe questioner : The same regulation does not give the man the right.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The same regulation, I mean.
The Shaykh : The same regulation, does it permit this?
The questioner : It says: his son or one of his relatives. This is the customary practice.
The Shaykh : Let us leave aside the customary practice, but does the regulation permit a person to relinquish his retirement, for example, to a person? Yes.
The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Some of the writers...
The Shaykh : 'Abd al-Rahman Jum'a. This is what... the mountains of knowledge, they are not concerned with it.
The questioner : I ask.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I ask.
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : Fine.
The Shaykh : These are two that were destroyed rightfully. Two are rightfully so: Adam's right and the men's right. Yes.