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One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

Salam aloukum,

I am living in CANADA and the goverment has a law to give a mothly paid for a year for the woman who worked as a full time for 6 month and has a new born baby called Maternity.

I called a friend who has a company and tell him to register my wife as one of his employee and I did the same for his wife to benefit from this Maternity program, and he agreed and I paid a monthly paid for his wife and he did the same without any of our wives go to work again just for the benefits. and when my wife had the baby we applied for this program and we got all the benefits. My Question is : is these monthly money Halal or Haram. 

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Answer:

Dishonest lies deceit for personal benefit

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 135:

135 O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice as witnesses to Allah even as against yourselves or your parents or your kin and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts) lest ye swerve and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.116 Narrated by Abdullah

The Prophet (saws) said, "Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person (in the Sight of Allah Subhanah). Falsehood leads to ‘Al-Fajur’ (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing, etc.), and ‘Al-Fajur’ (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar."

Beloved Brother, it would be absolutely against the principles of Islam, and a character unbecoming of a believer who sincerely fears Allah and the Last Day to attain any benefit for himself or his family or loved ones through lies and dishonesty.

My Question is : is these monthly money Halal or Haram. 

If you have indeed lied and used dishonest methods to obtain these benefits from the state or government, without an iota of a doubt, the income would be absolutely unlawful and ‘haraam’ in the Sight of Shariah Law and of Allah Subhanah.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan