Does this include the variation in work in terms of effort and duration? Building a house is not like building a room, so you demand a higher wage for building the house?
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The questioner : Does this include the variation in work in terms of effort and duration? Building a house is not like building a room, so I demand a higher wage for building the house...
The Shaykh : If the work is worldly, like you want to build a house or a room, and you say, "I will not build the house for less than 100, and the room for 10," there is nothing wrong with that. But as for general works that concern the interests of the Muslims, if you want to hire them out, Imam Ahmad was told that so-and-so said, "I will not pray with you in Ramadan except for such and such." He said, "We seek refuge in Allah from one who prays behind such a person."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, they call these, I think, additional works or off-duty work. They give... there are people who give them off-duty work to those who do not know, but we do not see this as permissible. We see this as betrayal of the state and consuming wealth by right, as for the one who was given it and did not work, and likewise as for the one who gave it. But it was said to me, and may Allah protect us, when the end of the year comes and there is a surplus of money, they create work that is not work, off-duty, in order to exhaust the money, because they say if we do not exhaust the money in this year, they will reduce our share in the coming year. We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : You do what you are told to do and thank Allah. And if we assume that you need it and it is not allocated to you, stop.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What does not conform to some items will be few, and some will be extra. Seek permission.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh, he can take this from the bank.
The Shaykh : It is not possible unless he is delegated. If the person in charge of the state's money says, "If one item ends and the second item has a surplus, add from the second item to this item," it is not permissible, O Muhammad, unless you are ordered to act according to what you were given. That is it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The Minister of Finance.
The Shaykh : If the work is worldly, like you want to build a house or a room, and you say, "I will not build the house for less than 100, and the room for 10," there is nothing wrong with that. But as for general works that concern the interests of the Muslims, if you want to hire them out, Imam Ahmad was told that so-and-so said, "I will not pray with you in Ramadan except for such and such." He said, "We seek refuge in Allah from one who prays behind such a person."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, they call these, I think, additional works or off-duty work. They give... there are people who give them off-duty work to those who do not know, but we do not see this as permissible. We see this as betrayal of the state and consuming wealth by right, as for the one who was given it and did not work, and likewise as for the one who gave it. But it was said to me, and may Allah protect us, when the end of the year comes and there is a surplus of money, they create work that is not work, off-duty, in order to exhaust the money, because they say if we do not exhaust the money in this year, they will reduce our share in the coming year. We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : You do what you are told to do and thank Allah. And if we assume that you need it and it is not allocated to you, stop.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : What does not conform to some items will be few, and some will be extra. Seek permission.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh, he can take this from the bank.
The Shaykh : It is not possible unless he is delegated. If the person in charge of the state's money says, "If one item ends and the second item has a surplus, add from the second item to this item," it is not permissible, O Muhammad, unless you are ordered to act according to what you were given. That is it.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The Minister of Finance.