State Property: Taking Public Funds to Compensate Unproven Wage Claims

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

State Property: Taking Public Funds to Compensate Unproven Wage Claims

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Question #1950:

A government employee claims that the department he is working for owes him unpaid wages and allowances. Nevertheless, he is either unable to prove his case by way of documents or may not be in a position to claim the restoration of such rights. Can such an employee allow himself to take the equivalent from the funds at his disposal?

Answer #1950:

Such a person should not have the right to settle his claim from the public funds entrusted to him. If he has any claim, he should have no alternative but to approach the competent authority and prove his case.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of State Property