Is it permissible for a company to demand its dues from a sales representative and use blank checks signed by him against him in the event of a customer's non-payment and the company's negligence, knowing that the representative has completed his procedures?
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If the representative is like an agent or an employee, then he is not liable unless there is negligence or dereliction in safekeeping; because his hand is a hand of trust unless he transgresses. And if his signing of a blank check is a commercial custom, then this does not obligate him with liability, unless he violates the customary instructions and conditions; because custom is اعتبار (considered/given weight). So long as the representative has carried out the employer's instructions, he is not liable.
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