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IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE- 542: HUKUM MEMBERIKAN HADIAH KEPADA PENGANTARA YANG MEMUDAHKAN URUSAN UNTUK MENDAPATKAN TENDER
Is a gift or financial assistance given to an intermediary who facilitates obtaining a tender considered bribery, and what is the ruling on the income from the project?
Short answer
A gift or financial assistance given to an intermediary who helps lobby for a tender is regarded as bribery disguised as a gift, and the giver is considered complicit.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Crime & Sharia Law
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
A gift or financial assistance given to an intermediary who helps lobby for a tender is regarded as bribery disguised as a gift, and the giver is considered complicit. The income from the project falls under haram lighairihi, so it may be used if the project concerns matters permitted by religion, although the act of bribery remains a major sin. The offender must repent through abundant seeking of forgiveness and good deeds and resolve not to repeat it, and is advised to give more charity and channel profits to public Muslim benefit.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Berdasarkan situasi di atas, kontraktor yang memberikan bantuan atau hadiah kepada pengantara yang memudahkan urusan mendapatkan tender tersebut boleh dianggap sebagai bersubahat dengan amalan rasuah yang diharamkan di dalam agama.
Read the full fatwa on the Federal Territories website (new tab)
How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE- 542: HUKUM MEMBERIKAN HADIAH KEPADA PENGANTARA YANG MEMUDAHKAN URUSAN UNTUK MENDAPATKAN TENDER”, 7 January 2021. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/4646-hukum-memberikan-hadiah-kepada-pengantara-yang-memudahkan-urusan-untuk-mendapatkan-tender. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/gift-to-intermediary-for-tender-ruling/