Is the salary permissible if the employee works in a hospital that sells medicine at a price higher than that set by the Ministry of Health, and is he sinful if he tells people that the reason for the high price is its scarcity abroad?
The stated that the majority of jurists prohibit price-fixing absolutely, but it is permissible if it serves the public interest, especially with the prevalence of corruption and lack of trustworthiness among merchants. Ibn al-Arabi permitted price-fixing on condition that it does not involve injustice to either party.
As for intimidating people and directing them to purchase from a specific hospital, this is forbidden deception and fraud, according to Ibn Taymiyyah, and your salary is lawful as long as you do not participate in the deception.
Your informing patients that a certain medicine is scarce in other pharmacies, and thus its price is high, is permissible if it corresponds to reality. However, if it does not correspond to reality, then it is forbidden lying and deception, because "he who deceives us is not of us," and your duty is to be truthful and advise Muslims.
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