What is the ruling on working in the treasury of the Sharia court, where funds are collected in exchange for, for example, the stamps affixed to transactions?
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The questioner : ... ؟
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : How are you, Abu Abd al-Rahman?
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you. I thank Allah to you.
The questioner : I want to ask you a question regarding what is lawful and what is forbidden.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Regarding working in, for example, the government, a person works in a treasury, and this treasury is in a Sharia court, meaning it is considered... in funds... paid to it in the form of invoices and bonds. Does this work fall under the hadith you mentioned in "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah":?
The Shaykh : You said at the beginning of your speech that he is a collector for endowments.
The questioner : No, in the government.
The Shaykh : In the government, there are many departments.
The questioner : In the Sharia court.
The Shaykh : This is what you mentioned, the Sharia court.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So now, broaden your question and specify it so that we can specify the answer.
The questioner : Regarding a person who works in the treasury and collects fees.
The Shaykh : Do not say "the treasury," say "the treasury of the Sharia court."
The questioner : The treasury of the Sharia court.
The Shaykh : Yes, so I am asking you now.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This treasury, the funds in it are collected into it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the court is a Sharia court.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What are the means by which they are collected and placed in this treasury, and the court is a Sharia court?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is supposed that they are not collected through riba, through illicit gain, or through what is forbidden. So why is your question?
The questioner : My question is from the perspective of, my teacher, does it fall within the hadith that mentions the treasurer and... and the collector?
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you, I understood the answer that it does not fall under it, but I do not know what the means are from which the funds are collected.
The questioner : Yes... the means.
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner : These means are, for example, you want to print a seal on the transaction, and it tells you the price is such and such, you pay to the treasury. Printing a stamp, the price is twenty dirhams, for example, you pay it in the treasury. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : If you stop at these aspects and do not add to them, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : How are you, Abu Abd al-Rahman?
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you. I thank Allah to you.
The questioner : I want to ask you a question regarding what is lawful and what is forbidden.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Regarding working in, for example, the government, a person works in a treasury, and this treasury is in a Sharia court, meaning it is considered... in funds... paid to it in the form of invoices and bonds. Does this work fall under the hadith you mentioned in "Al-Silsilah al-Sahihah":
A person will not be, in the last of time, in the presence of unjust rulers, a collector or a treasurer or
لا يكون الإنسان في آخر الزمان عند جَور الحكام جابيًا أو خازنًا أوThe Shaykh : You said at the beginning of your speech that he is a collector for endowments.
The questioner : No, in the government.
The Shaykh : In the government, there are many departments.
The questioner : In the Sharia court.
The Shaykh : This is what you mentioned, the Sharia court.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So now, broaden your question and specify it so that we can specify the answer.
The questioner : Regarding a person who works in the treasury and collects fees.
The Shaykh : Do not say "the treasury," say "the treasury of the Sharia court."
The questioner : The treasury of the Sharia court.
The Shaykh : Yes, so I am asking you now.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This treasury, the funds in it are collected into it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the court is a Sharia court.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What are the means by which they are collected and placed in this treasury, and the court is a Sharia court?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is supposed that they are not collected through riba, through illicit gain, or through what is forbidden. So why is your question?
The questioner : My question is from the perspective of, my teacher, does it fall within the hadith that mentions the treasurer and... and the collector?
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you, I understood the answer that it does not fall under it, but I do not know what the means are from which the funds are collected.
The questioner : Yes... the means.
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner : These means are, for example, you want to print a seal on the transaction, and it tells you the price is such and such, you pay to the treasury. Printing a stamp, the price is twenty dirhams, for example, you pay it in the treasury. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : If you stop at these aspects and do not add to them, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with it.
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