A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PRACTICING RELIGION - PART 8

 RIGHTS WE OWE IN OUR JOBS

To recap, in general the closer our relationship is to someone, the closer we physically are to someone, and the more time we spend with someone, the greater the rights we owe to them. That is why so much emphasis has been placed on rights of family and neighbours. However, if we think about it, those of us who work full-time spend more waking hours at work than at home on a working day. And yet some people are not aware of the full extent of the rights we owe to our jobs.

The first right we owe is that of ‘time’. When we sign a job contract, we sell a certain amount of our time per day or per week in return for a certain amount of remuneration. After that business transaction is agreed, it is not permissible to use the time we have sold, outside of designated breaks, for personal, leisure, family use. In early days of Darul Uloom Deoband, teachers used to keep a record of how many hours they had spent per month on personal chores or socializing, and got salary due for those hours deducted from their monthly pay completely on a voluntary basis. The reason was that they did not believe they had ‘earned’ the salary against those hours spent on personal/social stuff, and so considered it Haraam (unlawful) to receive that salary. It is not even permissible to pray Nafl (supererogatory) Ibadah (acts of worship) during working hours outside of the designate break times, if it would lead to neglect of work demands.

The second point to remember is that employees get some stuff e.g. stationery, printer/copier, phone, car, etc, to carry out their jobs. Unless specifically stipulated by the employer, it is not permissible to use these items for personal, recreational or family use.

To be continued…

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