Bribery: Can Employees Accept Gifts Given Out of Gratitude Without Prior Expectation?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Bribery: Can Employees Accept Gifts Given Out of Gratitude Without Prior Expectation?
English:
Question #1237:
What is the view regarding the present given out of thank and gratitude by somebody to an employee, knowing that this employee performed his job without any expectation?
Answer #1237:
In work environment giving gifts by people is one of the most dangerous acts and the more you avoid it, the more benefit you achieve in this world and the hereafter. Only in one case, is it permissible to receive the gift and that is when the giver insists on giving the present and the employee rejects it but eventually it is given in one way or another provided that it is done after the performance of the work without any previous discussion or expectation.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Bribery - PDF Version Page 202