Can I Take This Money?
Question :
I am a government employee and recently, I was sent as a representative to work for twenty days in another city.
Answer:
I completed the required work there in seven days and then I returned to my city and to my office there. After a while, was given compensation for twenty days of service. The manager of the department knows that I was only there for seven days, but he still approved of me being paid for twenty full days. Can I take the extra money or not?
Answer:
If you were commissioned to do a difficult task that under normal circumstances requires twenty days of work, but you drove yourself hard to finish it in the short period you mentioned, you deserve the money that was given based on the longer period, especially since the management is fully aware of what happened.
Source:
Ibn Jibreen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 8 Page 99
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