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Zaheer A Khan
10-27-2021, 01:30 PM
Bismillaah:

Allaah عزوجل said:

"And eat up not one another's property unjustly nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully."

{ Al Baqarah /188 }

Abdullaah ibn Amr رضي الله عنه said:

''Allaah's Messenger صلى الله عليه cursed the one who gives bribe and the one who takes it.''

Takhreej:

{ Imam Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah in their Sunnans and graded as Saheeh by Imam Ibn Hibban, At Tirmidhi, Al Hakim, Adh Dahaabi, Ibn al Jarood, Al Albaani and Abu Muaadh رحمهم الله }

Imam Ibn Hazm رحمه الله commented:

"Bribes are not permissible. A bribe is what a man gives so that a judgement will be passed in his favor unjustly, or so that he will be appointed to a position of authority, or so that a person will be mistreated for him. This is a sin for the one who gives it and the one who takes it. But if a person has been deprived of his rights and he gives a bribe so as to ward off mistreatment from himself, this is permissible for the one who gives it but it is a sin for the one who takes it."

{ Al Muhalla, 8/118 }

Imam Ibn al Atheer رحمه الله commented:

" One who gives bribery to receive his right or to avoid injustice is not among those who are cursed by the tongue of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم."

{ Jaami al Usool }

Imam Ibn ‘Uthaymeen رحمه الله commented:

"As for bribes by means of which a person attains his rights, such as when he cannot attain his rights except by paying some money, this is haraam for the one who takes it but it is not haraam for the one who gives it, because the giver is only giving it in order to get his rights, but the taker who takes the bribe is sinning because he has taken something that he does not deserve."

{ Majmu Al Fataawa Al Kubrah 4/302 }

*** And Allaah عزوجل knows best ***
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