In her letter, she says: I am a teacher in evening schools, and on one day I was absent from school due to illness, and the regulations do not allow for a teacher's absence.
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The questioner : This letter reached us from Su'ad Mahfouz from al-Sharqiyah. In her letter, she says: I am a teacher in evening schools, and on one day I was absent from school due to illness, and the regulations do not allow for a teacher's absence. Knowing that the school principal accepted the absence and did not count it as an absence, and I received the salary for that day. Please inform me about that salary: is it lawful or forbidden, and what should be done with that salary?
The Shaykh : If a person is absent from work for an excuse, and he appoints someone to take his place, then he is entitled to the full salary. If he does not appoint someone else to take his place, then it depends on what the regulations require, the regulations of the government in which he works. If the regulations require that if he is absent for a day for an excuse, he is entitled to the full compensation, then there is no blame on you in taking the full salary. If the regulations require that one who is absent, even for an excuse, has no right to that day's pay, then it is obligatory for you to return this to the school.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But do you not consider the school principal to be authorized by the state, and is this the current practice?
The Shaykh : If she is considered authorized, then there is no blame.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Second, she says: If a woman, excuse me, this is a letter from a listener in Jordan.
The Shaykh : If a person is absent from work for an excuse, and he appoints someone to take his place, then he is entitled to the full salary. If he does not appoint someone else to take his place, then it depends on what the regulations require, the regulations of the government in which he works. If the regulations require that if he is absent for a day for an excuse, he is entitled to the full compensation, then there is no blame on you in taking the full salary. If the regulations require that one who is absent, even for an excuse, has no right to that day's pay, then it is obligatory for you to return this to the school.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But do you not consider the school principal to be authorized by the state, and is this the current practice?
The Shaykh : If she is considered authorized, then there is no blame.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Second, she says: If a woman, excuse me, this is a letter from a listener in Jordan.