What is the ruling of Islamic law on paying a sum of money to an employee to facilitate military service near one's place of residence in order to reduce expenses?
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If you pay money to avert harm that would befall you from a service far from your home, and the recipient does not accept it without compensation, then there is no harm in it. It is a permissible bribe, and the sin falls upon the recipient.
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