Fathwa - His company makes a trick to reduce customs duty costs

Question
Assalamu Alaikum Sheikh.. I have some doubts to clear. You have helped
me clarify my doubts so far. May Allah reward you for that. Nowmy
question is regarding business. 1- I have starteda logistics company.
So i am recruiting two of my friends, one is a christian and one is a
hindu. Both belongs to poor family, both of them having debtof around
Qatar riyal 85000. Both are hardworking and well educated at the same
time. Am I doing wrong by recruiting non muslims? 2-In this business,
what we do is that we transport goods from Dubai to Doha. We collect
products from many companies and when we reach the customs we show it
as a single company. This is is the usual way this business takes
place. When we show it as a single company only Qr 500 or so must be
paid in the customs. But we take separate money from all the different
companies like Qr200 from each company. Is this haraam and these
companies know that we charge it this way.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
isHis slave and Messenger.
In your question you mentioned three points and their answers are as follows:
1- Hiring non-Muslims is not prohibited in principle as Abu Bakr hired
a non-Muslim guidein the Migration journey, who was 'Abdullaah ibn
Urayqit , and the Prophet did not object him for doing that. However,
it is more appropriate for theemployer to be keen thathis employees be
Muslims.
2- Taking money from companies as a fee for permissible work while
these companies know this; is permissible.
3- What you mentioned regarding considering the goods of different
companies as goods for one single company with regard to the customs
duty costs; is permissible provided it does not involve cheating with
regards to the applied laws which regulate the entry of goods.
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