{"id":6671,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/illegal-immigrant-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:26:50","slug":"illegal-immigrant-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/illegal-immigrant-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Immigrant Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I  came abroad on work permit for five years. After five years (on  expiration of work permit), I did not go back to my country. And now my  stay in this country is illegal and I am still earning money. Is this  money (earned during illegal stay) is <em>haram<\/em> or <em>halal<\/em>? What  is the status of my illegal stay with respect to teaching of Islam?  What is the status of paper marriage with respect to teaching of Islam? <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>If  you have overstayed your prescribed period, then this is a serious  violation of contract and must be stopped as soon as you can. Islam lays  great stress on fulfilling one&#8217;s promises and pledges. Giving one&#8217;s  word and then not honoring it is a grave crime in the eyes of Islam. As  for the money earned, since this is a product of an illegal activity, it  too cannot be regarded as desirable if not prohibited. You should try  to make amends for this and go back as soon as you can.<\/p>\n<div>Paper  marriage has many connotations these days. If it means the marriage is  only contracted to fulfill some legal requirement without actually  entering into a marriage bond, it is hoodwinking the law. Such breach of  law should be avoided at all costs.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Dr. Shehzad Saleem<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-02-11<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6671\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I  came abroad on work permit for five years. After five years (on  expiration of work permit), I did not go back to my country. And now my  stay in this country is illegal and I am still earning money. Is this  money (earned during illegal stay) is <em>haram<\/em> or <em>halal<\/em>? What  is the status of my illegal stay with respect to teaching of Islam?  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