Bribery and Corruption
160 questions
What should I do with the box of tea given to me by a company owner, which I am unable to return to him after being advised that it is a bribe?
Is the commission received from paint and tools stores and from workers who do maintenance permissible or forbidden?
Is the commission paid in exchange for favoring a specific company in business dealings permissible or forbidden (halal or haram)?
Is this Hadith authentic or not: "There will come a time upon my Ummah when prayers are neglected, buildings are glorified, oaths and curses abound, bribery and fornication become widespread, and the Hereafter is sold for the worldly life. If you see that, then flee, flee!"?
What is the ruling on accepting a gift from the owner of a debtor company, after refusing a bribe from him, and is this money considered unlawful, and what should he do if he has spent it and cannot return it all at once?
Is it permissible to take a commission from sellers, or to perform some tasks for myself without the employer's knowledge, in exchange for extra work for which I was not compensated, especially since the current intermediaries take many times what I would take?
What is the correct understanding of the hadith "Gifts to officials are ill-gotten gain" in the context of a female teacher accepting a gift from her students after she had first given them gifts, and does this contradict the love of the students or is it ill-gotten gain?
What is the ruling on an employee taking commissions, incentives, or cash payments from sales representatives in exchange for purchasing goods, or settling checks early, or stamping invoices that do not belong to his institution, without the employer's knowledge?
Is it permissible to sell a commodity to a company, with the company setting a minimum price, and then sell it at a higher price while giving the company the specified price and secretly taking the surplus?
Is it permissible for a traffic officer to receive a commission in exchange for helping clients obtain documents outside the scope of official work and working hours, and does the ruling differ based on the extent of the employer's knowledge and the location of the work (inside or outside)?
Is it permissible for an employee to receive a financial reward from farmers in exchange for completing wheat delivery transactions without mediation?
What is the ruling on paying money to be exempted from service in the National Guard, and what is the ruling on giving one's name to a brother to open a commercial shop, knowing that the state prohibits this?
What is the ruling on accepting gifts and money given to a judge's son on the occasion of his success, especially if they are from lawyers or interested parties? Are these gifts considered forbidden, and what is the ruling on eating from a gift of sugar presented by a lawyer?
Is it permissible for an employee to take a percentage of the price difference between two contractors after saving the company money?
Is it permissible for a hotel employee to bring customers to a pleasure boat owner in exchange for a commission, knowing that he does not leave the hotel and only makes calls?
What is the ruling on paying a sum of money for employment out of necessity? Is this sum considered a bribe? And is it permissible to pay a bribe when one is compelled to do so?
Is it permissible to undertake a contract from the company at market prices or less, without its knowledge, and without it being part of the employee's job duties, by signing the contract in the name of another person outside the company?
Is giving money to an employee responsible for maintenance work in a school, after submitting a bid lower than competitors, considered a bribe, knowing that the one who paid the money did not add it to the bid, and that the employee stipulated it for the work to be awarded to him, and is that considered an urgent necessity for the work to continue?
What is the ruling on giving money to nurses in a hospital in exchange for a service or information, knowing that they receive a salary? And what is the ruling on giving money to the reservation clerk at the train station in exchange for booking an unavailable ticket, and is this considered bribery? And is it obligatory to say "Allah knows best" when issuing a fatwa or informing someone with knowledge?
What is the ruling on accepting financial sums offered to a government employee in exchange for performing government services, given that these sums were neither requested nor stipulated, and that the nature of his work requires travel, providing tools, and performing additional work without compensation?
Is money paid to reinstate an employee to his previous position, through an influential person, considered a bribe, and does the money earned by the employee in this position become unlawful?
Is the commission offered to an employee by other companies that deal with his company, in exchange for bringing in work and accomplishing tasks, considered lawful or unlawful?
What is the ruling on an employee of a charitable organization requesting a special discount for himself from a store when purchasing clothes for needy families, knowing that he donated this discount to the needy families without it being recorded in the organization's data?
Is the money that engineers take from the subcontractor as a "brokerage fee" permissible or impermissible, with the knowledge of the employer?