What is the ruling on a man who wants to obtain a visa to enter America but was unable to get it from the embassy, so the owner of an airline company told him...
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: ... He was asked for one thousand five hundred dinars to get the visa. So this person who wants to get him the visa wants to do correspondence for him to America through companies, and he is the owner of a company here, an airline company, meaning they want to do correspondence for him, not correspondence, so he asked him for this amount, and the man wants to pay him the amount in five installments, meaning... it comes out of him... in his obtaining of the visa, I don't know what you think?
The Shaykh: I see this as a bribery operation, a bribery operation. Why doesn't he ask from here as people do?
The questioner: He was not able to get the visa from here.
The Shaykh: This is bribery, meaning in this matter it is not permissible.
The questioner: Sir, he should apply to the embassy.
The Shaykh: Brother, I understood you, you understood me.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible, this is bribery.
The questioner: Even if the man, that second one, wants to work for him in it and send correspondence and fees for services.
The Shaykh: This is bribery.The student : Woman: ... Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you.The student : Woman: Amen, amen, may Allah guide me, there is nothing... .
The Shaykh: There is nothing, there is nothing.The student : Woman: ... .
The Shaykh : How?The student : Woman: ... .
The Shaykh: ... between the builder, between... it differs... it differs now... it differs from...The student : Woman: ... .
The Shaykh: ... you are like this...The student : Woman: Oh my eyes... .
The questioner: ... He was asked for one thousand five hundred dinars to get the visa. So this person who wants to get him the visa wants to do correspondence for him to America through companies, and he is the owner of a company here, an airline company, meaning they want to do correspondence for him, not correspondence, so he asked him for this amount, and the man wants to pay him the amount in five installments, meaning... it comes out of him... in his obtaining of the visa, I don't know what you think?
The Shaykh: I see this as a bribery operation, a bribery operation. Why doesn't he ask from here as people do?
The questioner: He was not able to get the visa from here.
The Shaykh: This is bribery, meaning in this matter it is not permissible.
The questioner: Sir, he should apply to the embassy.
The Shaykh: Brother, I understood you, you understood me.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible, this is bribery.
The questioner: Even if the man, that second one, wants to work for him in it and send correspondence and fees for services.
The Shaykh: This is bribery.The student : Woman: ... Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you.The student : Woman: Amen, amen, may Allah guide me, there is nothing... .
The Shaykh: There is nothing, there is nothing.The student : Woman: ... .
The Shaykh : How?The student : Woman: ... .
The Shaykh: ... between the builder, between... it differs... it differs now... it differs from...The student : Woman: ... .
The Shaykh: ... you are like this...The student : Woman: Oh my eyes... .
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