Q: I am a graduate engineer, and the Pakistan Engineering Council (as I am living in Pakistan and) gives all graduates in engineering a Supervisory certificate. This supervisory certificate is basically for the Contractors firm to hire us as it is mandatory for them to hire at least a minimum amount of engineers to get their self recognized with PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council) to be able to work properly here. It is basically a step to save engineers for un-employment. Now whats happening is here is that the contractors firm are now offering engineers to make a contract with them that they will show the PEC that they have hired you but you will not have to come for the job daily and you neither get the pay on a monthly basis, instead you will get a lump sum amount like about 70k or 80k at once and then the contract will be valid for 1 year and the deal is made that you may come to their project site whenever you want. Like basically you sell your contract for one year and show to PEC that you are working with the firm like a normal employee. Now I want to ask that I am working with a firm as a trainee engineer where my pay is just 8k only and I have not got the pay of last month yet, as our company is not good in paying their employees on time. I want to ask that if I make a contract with another company, and sell my supervisory certificate to them and take a lump some amount (Note: my company does not require a supervisory certificate) and I sometimes visit their project site, will it be Haram? As the last date of renewal of the contractor firm is 31st march, after that my supervisory certificate will be of no value. and I have not heard that any 1 engineer is hired by the contractor firm due to of their supervisory certificate. All of them sell the certificate. My friend has sold it, he says that we are not given our rights so we can do that. but I will do it only when , when I am sure that it is not haram. I do photography as a part time so I need some money to upgrade my camera.
A: Ask them to allow you to do some work.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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Answered by:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Q: They dont give jobs. They only ask you to sell it and in return you can visit any of their sites whenever you want. So if I make a deal with them and if they hire me for one year then I will visit their site once in a month and instead of giving me the salary per month, they will give me a lump sum amount of 80k. This means that I am earning 6.667 k per month on average. Is this haram or halal?
A: If you are selling their products for them then this will be regarded as some work which will entitle you to receive a salary. Hence, it will be permissible.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Q: My job will be just to go visit their site and just see how they are doing. And if there could be anything wrong then I will ask them to do it right. So what do you think? Is this permissible that I sell my certificate to them and just visit their site once in a month and see their work rather than going there daily and have a salary of about 20k per month as per PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council) recommandation. Jazak Allah
A: If they hire you to supervise the work on the site, then it will require you to supervise the work in accordance to the engineering standards and inform them of the mistakes.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)