Is offering a sum of money to a responsible department head in exchange for consultations, effort, and expertise, and providing him with names of merchants to purchase local goods instead of foreign ones, considered unlawful (haram) or does it cause embarrassment, knowing that the project was completed perfectly and according to the required standards?
If the transaction is forbidden by regulations or is suspected of favoritism, then it is impermissible. Otherwise, there is no harm in it. The money earned from the project is permissible if it is completed according to the required standards, and the nature of dealing with the official does not affect its permissibility.
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