An Employee Living in a Madrasa House Without Paying Rent

Question

A person is employed at a madrasa and lives in a house belonging to the madrasa without paying rent, and he does all the things he needs to do in it. What is the way for the house to become permissible for him?

Answer

The risk-free course is for him to pay rent to the madrasa. However, if the madrasa gives its employee a house as well and does not take rent, and this rent-free provision of the house is in effect a part of the salary — such that if the house were not given, the employee would demand a higher salary, and the madrasa’s interest lies precisely in keeping an employee on a lower…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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