Is it permissible for the official in charge of shipping goods to keep a sum of money given to him by one of the transportation companies he deals with, which was not agreed upon beforehand nor requested by him?
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This amount falls under employee gifts, which are prohibited unless approved by the employer. The proof for this is the of Abu Humayd Al-Sa'idi regarding the story of Ibn Al-Lutbiyyah, in which the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Why did you not sit in the house of your father and mother until your gift came to you?" and his saying: "Gifts for workers are ghulul (ill-gotten gain)." The fact that the worker did not request these gifts does not lift the prohibition.
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