Fatwa: # 23308
Category: Financial Transactions
Country: India
Date: 25th November 2012

Title

Is income earned through false certificate Halāl?

Question

A friend of mine has procured false graduation marksheet for taking up a job. Now this friend is earning very good income and is actually an important member of his company. Because of his knowledge and expertise he has profited the company and so the company is not ready to leave him. However he has not told the company till now about his false degree. In such circumstance is his earning Halal. there is no harm to anybody due to fake degree and this person is extremely hardworking and prominent in the organisation.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The individual in reference has committed a sin in deceiving his company through obtaining a false degree. This type of behavior is against the teachings of Islām. Islām advocates honesty and truthfulness. There are severe warnings mentioned in books of Hadīth regarding deceitful behavior. Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam has said:

مَنْ غَشَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي (صحيح مسلم، بَابُ قوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ غَشَّنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا») 

The one who deceives is not from me. (Sahīh Muslim)

Hence he should make sincere Tawbah (repent) and resolve never to deceive in future.

Nevertheless, the permissibility of one’s income is based upon the work itself. If the employee carried out the job properly, then the income is Halāl. Hence the income of the individual in reference is Halāl.[1]

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
U.S.A.

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

 

 


[1]  وَتَلْزَمُ الْأُجْرَةُ فِي الصُّورَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مَتَى قَامَ الْأَجِيرُ بِالْعَمَلِ وَأَتَمَّهُ . وَلَا تَلْزَمُهُ فِيهَا الْأُجْرَةُ بِبَعْضِ الْعَمَلِ بِنِسْبَتِهِ كَمَا فِي الصُّورَةِ الْأُولَى ; لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُمْكِنُ الِانْتِفَاعُ بِبَعْضِ الْعَمَلِ . مَثَلًا : إذَا خَاطَ الْأَجِيرُ الَّذِي هُوَ الْخَيَّاطُ الثِّيَابَ كَامِلَةً فِي بَيْتِ الْمُسْتَأْجِرِ وَفَرَغَ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ أَخَذَ الْأَجْرَ الْمُسَمَّى وَلَيْسَ لَهُ شَيْءٌ مِنْ الْأُجْرَةِ فِيمَا لَوْ خَاطَ بَعْضَ أَجْزَاءِ الثِّيَابِ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُنْتَفَعُ بِالثِّيَابِ بِخِيَاطَةِ بَعْضِ أَجْزَائِهَا . أَمَّا إذَا قَامَ الْأَجِيرُ بِالْعَمَلِ فِي غَيْرِ دَارِ الْمُسْتَأْجِرِ فَلَا تَلْزَمُ فِي هَذِهِ الصُّورَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ بِالْإِجْمَاعِ أُجْرَةُ بَعْضِ الْعَمَلِ بِحِسَابِهِ . وَقَدْ اُخْتُلِفَ فِيمَا إذَا قَامَ الْأَجِيرُ بِالْعَمَلِ فِي بَيْتِ الْمُسْتَأْجِرِ فَبَعْضُ الْفُقَهَاءِ قَالَ بِعَدَمِ لُزُومِ الْأُجْرَةِ بِنِسْبَةِ الْعَمَلِ وَبَعْضُهُمْ قَالَ بِلُزُومِهَا . وَقَدْ قَبِلَتْ الْخَانِيَّةُ الْقَوْلَ الثَّانِيَ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ جُزْءٍ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ يَصِيرُ مُسَلَّمًا إلَى صَاحِبِ الثَّوْبِ بِالْفَرَاغِ وَلَا يَتَوَقَّفُ التَّسْلِيمُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجُزْءِ عَلَى حُصُولِ كَمَالِ الْمَقْصُودِ . وَعَلَى ذَلِكَ لَوْ اسْتَأْجَرَ شَخْصٌ خَيَّاطًا لِيَخِيطَ لَهُ ثَوْبًا فِي بَيْتِهِ أَيْ فِي بَيْتِ الْمُسْتَأْجِرِ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ خَاطَ بَعْضَهُ سُرِقَ الثَّوْبُ فَلَهُ أَخْذُ أُجْرَةِ الْبَعْضِ الَّذِي خَاطَهُ ( الْكِفَايَةُ ) . نَعَمْ , لَوْ سُرِقَ بَعْدَ مَا خَاطَ بَعْضَهُ أَوْ انْهَدَمَ بِنَاؤُهُ أَيْ قَبْلَ الْفَرَاغِ مِنْ بِنَائِهِ فَلَهُ الْأَجْرُ بِحِسَابِهِ عَلَى الْمَذْهَبِ ( الدُّرُّ الْمُخْتَارُ , وَرَدُّ الْمُحْتَارِ ) كَذَلِكَ لَوْ اسْتَأْجَرَ إنْسَانًا لِيَبْنِيَ لَهُ حَائِطًا فَبَنَى بَعْضَهُ ثُمَّ انْهَدَمَ فَلَهُ أَجْرُ مَا بَنَى فَهَذَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ يَسْتَحِقُّ الْأُجْرَةَ بِبَعْضِ الْعَمَلِ إلَّا أَنَّهُ يُشْتَرَطُ فِيهِ التَّسْلِيمُ إلَى الْمُسْتَأْجِرِ ( الطُّورِيُّ ) . إذَا اسْتَأْجَرَ شَخْصٌ عَامِلًا مِمَّنْ لِعَمَلِهِمْ أَثَرٌ كَالْخَيَّاطِ وَفَرَغَ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ أَيْ أَنَّهُ خَاطَ الثَّوْبَ وَسَلَّمَهُ إلَى الْمُسْتَأْجِرِ أَخَذَ مِنْهُ الْأَجْرَ الْمُسَمَّى إلَّا أَنَّهُ بِتَلَفِ الْمُسْتَأْجَرِ فِيهِ بِيَدِ أَمْثَالِ هَؤُلَاءِ تَسْقُطُ الْأُجْرَةُ . اُنْظُرْ الْمَادَّةَ ( 482 ) ( الدُّرَرُ وَالْغُرَرُ ) . أَمَّا الْعُمَّالُ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لِعَمَلِهِمْ أَثَرٌ كَالْحَمَّالِ فَيَسْتَحِقُّونَ الْأَجْرَ بِمُجَرَّدِ الْفَرَاغِ مِنْ الْعَمَلِ وَلَوْ لَمْ يُسَلَّمْ الْمُسْتَأْجَرُ فِيهِ إلَى الْمُسْتَأْجِرِ ( الدُّرُّ الْمُخْتَارُ )  (درر الحكام شرح مجلة الأحكام، ج 1، ص 491-492، دار الكتب العلمية)

فتاوي حقانية، ج 6، ص 247

كتاب الفتاوي، ج 5، ص 395-397، زمزم

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