The employee between fair remuneration and corruption ✍️ Mahmoud Qasm Al-Sayed, a human rights police team
The employee between fair remuneration and corruption
Sorry for your Lord
A reformist vision in the light of Koranic values and contemporary reality
Almighty God said: {How many small groups have defeated a large group, with God’s permission. And God is with those who are patient.} (Al-Baqarah: 249): This noble verse opens the door to hope and gives us a basis of faith that reform does not come so much with the abundance of numbers as with the choice of quality and trust in God, while controlling moral and administrative standards.
:. Root of the problem: unfair remuneration
When you give an employee $100 when their real need to live a decent life is no less than $500, you risk – unknowingly – pushing them towards corruption or negligence. The philosopher Bertrand Russell pointed out that low wages create an environment of bribery or corruption. You are asking the impossible, or as it was said, he tied him up, that is, {tied him up} and threw him into the sea, that is, {to the sea} and said to him: “Be careful not to get wet with water. Low salaries are the gateway to administrative corruption, for the soul is inclined to evil, except that for which my Lord has pity.
:. Practical solutions
A. Reduce the number and select carefully
Instead of hiring ten at double the salary, we hire five or fewer at reasonable salaries.
Selection is made according to precise criteria: diplomas, skills, ethics and good conduct.
An employee who knows that his selection is the result of these criteria will put in double the effort, including periodic monitoring and evaluation of his performance.
For. Own additional means of production
The State or institution may allow employees to undertake small parallel projects that do not disrupt their work:
Partnerships in dairy or poultry farms.
Actions in consumer associations.
Grant small, low-interest loans for investment.
C. Cooperatives and scholarship funds
Create cooperative societies within institutions to sell basic products (dairy products, meat, sugar, oil) at reduced prices.
Scholarship fund to provide emergency support.
Government support for these projects through tax exemptions and relief is significant. health insurance.
D. Sale in installments
Provide goods and services through reasonable payment systems.
This reduces financial pressures without plunging the employee into a cycle of usurious debt.
e. Continuing training and value qualification
The employee is essentially a servant of the citizens and not their master. It was stated in the hadith: “The ruler of the people is their servant” (narrated by Abu Dawud).
Thus, employees must follow regular courses in:
Professional ethics: honesty – integrity – justice.
Skills for contact with the public: good listening – patience – respect.
Culture of service: the citizen has a right, not a beggar of service.
:. The value dimension and control
If an employee feels scrutinized and given a fair salary, their motivation towards corruption decreases.
However, if wage injustice is combined with a lack of control, we will find ourselves facing an environment conducive to administrative corruption.
conclusion
The equation is clear:
Fair salaries + rigorous selection + cooperatives + continuing training + effective supervision
= A fair working environment serving the citizen and the State.
Thus, the objectives of Sharia law in terms of justice are achieved, the dignity of the employee is preserved and the rights of the citizen are respected. God Almighty said: {Indeed, God commands you to entrust trusts to their owners, and when you judge between people, it is that judge with justice} (An-Nisa: 58)._
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