1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:04,079 He says, may Allah preserve you: What is riba al-shafa'ah vs bribery? 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:16,479 Bribery is money given to an employee in exchange. 3 00:00:17,479 --> 00:00:20,819 A benefit the person is entitled to from that entity. 4 00:00:21,659 --> 00:00:25,639 Or to ward off harm from him that this entity seeks to impose. 5 00:00:27,479 --> 00:00:33,840 So this is an employee there, given money either to gain a benefit. 6 00:00:36,139 --> 00:00:40,919 Or to avoid something required of him by this company or this entity. 7 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:43,759 A government employee. 8 00:00:44,819 --> 00:00:48,359 Then someone comes and pays him to be hired in this agency. 9 00:00:48,860 --> 00:00:49,599 That's bribery. 10 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,299 As for riba al-shafa'ah, it is when... 11 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:00,899 A person intercedes through influence, intercession, and status. 12 00:01:01,659 --> 00:01:05,239 To bring benefit or avert harm for someone else. 13 00:01:05,339 --> 00:01:09,919 Then he takes something for it, whether it was stipulated 14 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,779 from the outset or initially, or not. Yes.