What is the ruling of Sharia on an employee of a company that buys spare parts from another company accepting gifts from the other company, whether these gifts are simple or expensive, used for work or outside of work, and with or without the knowledge of the employer, or if the employee is not part of the department that buys from this company, or has previously purchased from it and will not deal with it again, and what is the ruling on eating a lunch meal as hospitality from this company, knowing that the parent company hosts them?
Corporate gifts to employees are not their right, because they are given to them in their capacity as employees of their companies, and they are the right of the company they work for. It is not permissible to take them except with the company's permission. As for hospitality, it is permissible if it is customary between the two companies, or if it is offered to the employee as a guest. However, if it is offered to win him over, then it is like forbidden gifts.
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