Less Working Hours, Penalties for Delayed Salary Payments in Saudi Arabia

This is indeed good news. May Allah SWT help all those who are suffering by some ill-natured people who are misusing the system to their advantage. Please read on and also you can click on the link below:

Link: No labor law discrimination between Saudis, expats

Highlights of this article:


- Ministry of Labor has said that it is working hard to protect the rights of workers without any discrimination on the basis of nationality

- Ministry of Labor says Ministry is making all efforts to implement labor laws protecting Saudi nationals and expatriates alike.

- The ministry said that it is leaving no stone unturned to realize the vision of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, to protect human rights and to check human trafficking, which, it added, is in contrast to the legislation, values and genuine principles of the Kingdom derived from the Shariah.

- Ministry admitted that such violations (employee abuse) do occur on the part of both employers and workers.

- Ministry has already reduced the working hours of people involved in the chemical, construction, paper, leather, textiles and timber industries to seven hours a day.

- Ministry will oversee and guarantees workers’ rights, is a ministerial decision, which punishes any establishment or organization that delays payment of salaries to workers. Article 1 of the decision calls for a ban on those establishments which delay the payment of workers’ salaries for two months from recruiting workers for one year. Furthermore, the penalties increase with the duration of the period of non-payment of salary.

- Ministry says that a Royal decree is already in place to check human trafficking. The law punishes those who commit human trafficking with a maximum of 15 years in prison or a fine of SR1 million or both.

What is required to drive car out of KSA?

If you have a rental car, or a company car or your own car (still on installment plan i.e. meaning you have not yet completed paying off the car payments), and you’re planning to drive out of KSA, then these steps are necessary to avoid any problem. A snapshot of the required documents on how they look like is also given here. These documents will vary from company to company and city to city. So just for you, an exclusive blog that brings all the info at one place.

1) A copy of the car registration card (called Istimara – إستمارة)

2) Copy of Insurance card (called Tamien – التأمين)

If it a new car, this card should be provided to you from the car dealer (showroom). If this a rental car, you will need to pay additional to buy insurance and they will provide you a piece of paper. If this car given to you by your company/contracting company, they will provide you with insurance papers.

* Remember that it is necessary to carry insurance paper with you all the time when you're driving or else you are subjected to traffic fines.

3) A “Letter of Delegated Rights” from the car showroom/company/contracting company will be needed– called Tafweez Qiyadat Sayyara Khariji (تفويض قيادتة سيارة خارجي) and this letter needs to be stamped by Chamber of Commerce (25 SAR)

4) Original copy of the document “Delegation of driving a vehicle (inside and outside the Kingdom)“ from the Traffic department (إدارة المرور - Idaratul Muroor) – called Tafweez Qiyadat Markabat (Daakhil wa Kharij Al-Mamlikat) - (تفويض قيادة مرك (داخل وخارج المملكة

      a) The officer at Muroor will take the original letter that you got from car showroom.
      b) He will give you back the Insurance and the registration card back to you.

Have a happy travelling with your car outside of Kingdom.

Masah Permissible on SealSkinz socks

Interesting as it gets, Allah SWT is showing us that He is benevolent and Merciful. While it looked hard to digest that Masah is not allowed on regular socks, help from Allah SWT has come down to those who did Sabr (patience) and did not criticize our Ulama.

Please read the following Q&A which comes from issue #40 of the newsletter "Al Mahmood" which comes from Darul Iftaa-Madrassah Inaamiyyah, camperdown, South Africa. May Allah SWT give our Ulama long life and good health.

Question -> Recently a new sock called SealSkinz has come into the market. These socks are essentially made for  those involved in outdoor activities such as hunting, mountain climbing, etc., and therefore they are quite strong. Furthermore, these socks are totally waterproof. Is it permissible to make masah on such socks during wudhu?

Answer -> In order for it to be permissible to wipe on nonleather socks, it is imperative that the sock fulfils all the conditions of leather socks. After thoroughly studying the inherent qualities of leather socks, our illustrious Fuqaha ruled that non-leather socks should resemble leather socks in the following:

1. They should entirely cover both the ankles.
2. They should be durable enough that a person can travel and walk with the sock for three miles without them tearing.
3. Both socks should independently be free from holes to the extent of three small toes.
4. The socks should remain on the leg without it being tied or fastened.
5. They should be such that water does not seep through them.

(Noor al Idha (1/47, Yasir Nadeem), Hashiyyah at-Tahtawi ala Durr il mukhtaar (1/137, Al Maktabah al Arabiyyah, Tawaali al anwaar Q 294/Alif, Makhtoot: Al Maktabah al-Azhar)

We have personally examined ‘SealSkinz’ socks and are satisfied that they fulfill all the above-mentioned
conditions. One can refer to their website to see the full durability of these socks. Hence, it is permissible to use ‘SealSkinz’ socks as leather socks and make masah on them.

- Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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SealSkinz website: http://www.sealskinz.com/

Their claim: SealSkinz® are suitable for cycling, walking, climbing, golfing, riding, canoeing, motorcycling, sailing, fell running, orienteering, gardening, fishing, rowing, caving, backpacking, mountaineering ... and 100% waterproof.


May Allah SWT give us the right understanding of our Deen.