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Is it haram for me to do work for GM’s company during ABC Company’s working hours?

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I am working in a company (ABC) who is GM hired me directly as Receivable accountant, GM is assigned by the owner and fully responsible for all matters of the company. I am doing my job and fulfilling all the responsibilities as per my job description. At the same time GM owned one company which is situated in the same building where I am working, GM hired me as part time accountant in his own company and pays me some amount of money for that. My Question is that some times GM assigned me to do the job for his own company during the working hours of ABC Company, and I am doing the work for him during the working timing of ABC Company. One of my friend told me that you cannot do the work for others because ABC company pays me a salary and I have labour contract with ABC company according to that I should fulfill my working hours for ABC company. Kindly advice me is that haram for me and if this is haram what will be kaffarah, because I am doing this since 3 years.

Answer

(Fatwa: 1878/1328/L=1432)

If your employment in ABC company is of work that you will have to do so and so and there is no fixation of time then it is right for you to do your own job or others in spare times and also it is lawful to take its charge. And if the employment is not of work rather it is of time that you have to pass so and so time in the company then it is not lawful to get yourself busy in any other work except of those which are assigned you from the company.
قال العلامة القاضى أبو الحسن على بن حسين ابن محمد السعدي “والإجارة لا تخلو إما أن تقع على وقت معلوم أو على عمل معلوم فإن وقعت على عمل معلوم فلا تجب الأجرة إلا بإتمام العمل …… وإن وقعت على وقت معلوم فتجب الأجرة بمضی الوقت إن هو استعمله أو لم يستعمله وبمقدار ما مضى من الوقت تجب الأجرة . (النتف في الفتاوى ، كتاب الإجارة معلومية الوقت والعمل ص : 338 سعيد)

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

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Darul Uloom Deoband

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