Asking an employee to work overtime while having no task to be done

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A: If you are able to finish the tasks assigned to you during regular working hours and you have no task (Part No. 14; Page No. 406) to do during the overtime hours, it is impermissible for you to accept working overtime and to take payment for it. The overtime payment should be paid only to people working during this period and are unable to do tasks during regular working hours. As you have mentioned that you have no task to do during the overtime hours, you should abstain from doing overtime to free yourself from liability. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions!