The ruling on one who brings in workers from abroad and takes money for it
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Question:
Some individuals, as we hear, bring in people from abroad on the condition that the person being brought in pays a sum of money, knowing that if he does not pay that amount, he will not be able to enter this country to earn a living for himself and his children. So, is there any obligation on the one who brings him in and takes a sum from him? And does this fall under the hadith: We seek your guidance?
Answer:
This is not the selling of free people, but it is a transaction. The apparent statement of the scholars is that it is prohibited; because it is taking money without right. He brings in workers not to work for him, but to work for others, and they give him a sum of money in exchange for bringing them in and sponsoring them. This is a matter of concern, and the apparent statement of the scholars is to prohibit it. I have not seen in the statements of any of the scholars anything indicating that it is permissible.
We have discussed this in the Committee of Senior Scholars, and studied it thoroughly, and it has not become clear in the statements of the scholars anything indicating that this work is permissible. However, if he brings him in to work for him for a known wage, in construction, in agriculture, in such and such, for a known wage, there is no harm. But he should not bring in a disbeliever; for it is not permissible for two religions to remain in this Peninsula.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the expulsion of the polytheists from this Peninsula, and the expulsion of the Jews and the Christians from it, and that only one religion remains in it, which is Islam. So if he brings someone in, let him bring in a Muslim, from Indonesia, from Pakistan, from elsewhere, who works, and let him seek to ensure that he is a good Muslim who helps him with the conditions; because some Muslims, some of them have much evil in them. But it is incumbent upon the one who brings in someone to seek to ensure and ask, so that he does not bring in except a good Muslim who works. As for bringing him in to benefit from him and distribute him among the people; this causes the bringing in of corrupters, evildoers, wicked people, and disbelievers out of greed. That is not permissible, and we do not know in the statements of any of the scholars anything that permits it.
Some individuals, as we hear, bring in people from abroad on the condition that the person being brought in pays a sum of money, knowing that if he does not pay that amount, he will not be able to enter this country to earn a living for himself and his children. So, is there any obligation on the one who brings him in and takes a sum from him? And does this fall under the hadith:
Whoever sells a free person and eats his price
من باع حرًا وأكل ثمنهAnswer:
This is not the selling of free people, but it is a transaction. The apparent statement of the scholars is that it is prohibited; because it is taking money without right. He brings in workers not to work for him, but to work for others, and they give him a sum of money in exchange for bringing them in and sponsoring them. This is a matter of concern, and the apparent statement of the scholars is to prohibit it. I have not seen in the statements of any of the scholars anything indicating that it is permissible.
We have discussed this in the Committee of Senior Scholars, and studied it thoroughly, and it has not become clear in the statements of the scholars anything indicating that this work is permissible. However, if he brings him in to work for him for a known wage, in construction, in agriculture, in such and such, for a known wage, there is no harm. But he should not bring in a disbeliever; for it is not permissible for two religions to remain in this Peninsula.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the expulsion of the polytheists from this Peninsula, and the expulsion of the Jews and the Christians from it, and that only one religion remains in it, which is Islam. So if he brings someone in, let him bring in a Muslim, from Indonesia, from Pakistan, from elsewhere, who works, and let him seek to ensure that he is a good Muslim who helps him with the conditions; because some Muslims, some of them have much evil in them. But it is incumbent upon the one who brings in someone to seek to ensure and ask, so that he does not bring in except a good Muslim who works. As for bringing him in to benefit from him and distribute him among the people; this causes the bringing in of corrupters, evildoers, wicked people, and disbelievers out of greed. That is not permissible, and we do not know in the statements of any of the scholars anything that permits it.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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