Fatwa #4419017 February 2020United Kingdom
Can I accept payment for referring a client to my friend’s company?
Question
Asalaam Aleykum Wa rahmatullah.
I need an urgent clarification on below question.
I work for a company that sells its services to international customers all over the world. I have been working with this client for over 15 years they are a very good customer and I have a very good relationship and he only wants to work with me.
Last year there was a problem in my company and due to some technical reasons we stopped working with this customer. However this client was very upset and wanted to continue working with me. After some time I found a way of continuing to work with this client by channelling the business via my friends company. My Boss (partner at company) at the company is aware of this agreement and is happy with it as he also did not want to stop working with them. Of course we are paying a handling charge to my friends company for helping us with this and because I introduced this opportunity to him he agreed to share 33% of this handling charge with me as I bought this business to him.
It is important to note that my company is covering the handling charge from our own margins, we are NOT charging any extra to the end customer nor lowering the standard of services we offer to him as we recognise that us stopping working with him was not his fault.
My question is that is it Halal for me to accept this payment from my friends company?
If you need any further information please let me know.
Wasalaam.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The 33% offered by your friend will be regarded as a gift from him to you. He is not bound to give you 33%. If he gives you less than 33% or he does not give you anything, you do not have any claim against him.
You should inform your friend about this. Thereafter, you may accept whatever he gives you. If he does not give you anything, you are not entitled to it.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best.
Hasan Ahmed Razzak
Student - Darul Iftaa
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
09-06-1441| 03-02-2020
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درر الحكام شرح مجلة الأحكام (2/ 495) [1]
أَيْ أَنَّ الْإِجَارَةَ تَنْعَقِدُ بِالتَّعَاطِي كَمَا يَنْعَقِدُ الْبَيْعُ بِهِ بِمُقْتَضَى الْمَادَّةِ 175 ؛ لِأَنَّ جَوَازَ الْإِجَارَةِ إنَّمَا هُوَ بِالنَّظَرِ إلَى الرِّضَا فَلَمَّا كَانَ تَعَاطِي الطَّرَفَيْنِ نَاشِئًا عَنْ رِضَاءِ كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا ؛ كَانَتْ لَازِمَةً لَا مَحَالَةَ وَلِذَلِكَ فَالشُّرُوطُ الْوَارِدَةُ فِي الْمَادَّتَيْنِ 450 و 451 مُعْتَبَرَةٌ فِي الْإِجَارَةِ الَّتِي تَقَعُ بِالتَّعَاطِي ( الدُّرُّ الْمُخْتَارُ )
إلَّا أَنَّ الْإِجَارَةَ لَا تَتَوَقَّفُ عَلَى إعْطَاءِ الطَّرَفَيْنِ كَالْبَيْعِ ( اُنْظُرْ الْمَادَّةَ 175 ) ( الْهِنْدِيَّةُ ، مَجْمَعُ الْأَنْهُرِ ، عَبْدُ الْحَلِيمِ )
وَلَا حَاجَةَ إلَى مُقَاوَلَةٍ فِيهَا كَالرُّكُوبِ فِي بَاخِرَةِ الْمُسَافِرِينَ وَزَوَارِقِ الْمَوَانِي وَدَوَابِّ الْكِرَاءِ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ الْأُجْرَةُ مَعْلُومَةً أُعْطِيت وَإِلَّا أُعْطِيت أُجْرَةُ الْمِثْلِ
الاختيار لتعليل المختار (ص: 17، بترقيم الشاملة آليا)
ومن استأجر عبداً فليس له أن يسافر به إلا أن يشرطه
والأجرة تستحق باستيفاء المعقود عليه
تبيين الحقائق شرح كنز الدقائق (14/ 418)
وَإِذَا فَسَدَتْ الْإِجَارَةُ وَجَبَ أَنْ لَا تَجِبَ الْأُجْرَةُ لِعَدَمِ الْعَقْدِ وَالضَّرُورَةِ ؛ لِأَنَّ الصَّحِيحَ مِنْهَا كَافٍ فَلَا حَاجَةَ إلَى الْفَاسِدِ مِنْهَا إلَّا أَنَّ الْفَاسِدَ مِنْ كُلِّ عَقْدٍ مُلْحَقٌ بِصَحِيحِهِ
تبيين الحقائق - ث (5/ 122)
وإذا فَسَدَتْ الْإِجَارَةُ وَجَبَ أَنْ لَا تَجِبَ الْأُجْرَةُ لِعَدَمِ الْعَقْدِ وَالضَّرُورَةِ لِأَنَّ الصَّحِيحَ منها كَافٍ فَلَا حَاجَةَ إلَى الْفَاسِدِ منها إلَّا أَنَّ الْفَاسِدَ من كل عَقْدٍ مُلْحَقٌ بِصَحِيحِهِ لِكَوْنِهِ تَبَعًا له وَكَانَتْ الضَّرُورَةُ بَاقِيَةً من وَجْهٍ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أَحَدٍ لَا يَهْتَدِي إلَى الصَّحِيحِ فَمَسَّتْ الْحَاجَةُ إلَى إلْحَاقِهَا بِهِ فَيَكُونُ لها قِيمَةٌ في قَدْرِ ما وُجِدَ فيه شُبْهَةُ الْعَقْدِ وهو قَدْرُ الْمُسَمَّى فَيَجِبُ في الْمُسَمَّى بَالِغًا ما بَلَغَ وَفِيمَا زَادَ على الْمُسَمَّى لم يُوجَدْ فيه عَقْدٌ وَلَا شُبْهَتُهُ فَلَا يَتَقَوَّمُ وَيَبْقَى على الْأَصْلِ
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