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The question

Is money earned from private cases, taken without the office's knowledge, lawful; knowing that the employer did not fulfill his promises, and that leaving the job would have led to injustice and imprisonment or dismissal, and that the office was aware of the employees' additional work outside the scope of work?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The employer's breach of contract and exploitation of the worker's need is clear injustice. It is an act of betrayal for an employee to poach the office's clients for their personal gain, and money earned in this manner is unlawful and must be returned to the employer unless permission is granted. There is no objection to an employee undertaking independent work outside of their work hours, provided they do not use the office's tools or name. Money earned in this case is lawful, on condition that they do not neglect performing transactions during work hours out of greed to complete them outside of work hours. The employer's injustice does not justify betraying them, for the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Render back the trust to the one who entrusted you, and do not betray the one who betrays you."

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