Colleagues taking turns on overtime days

A question about colleagues taking turns on overtime days, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that employees must follow the overtime rules and be present at work, and that pay for what breaches the instructions is not lawful. ¹

The questioner asked about colleagues taking turns on overtime days and the pay for the days they were absent. ¹

The Department answered that an employee must follow the instructions and regulations on overtime hours, be truthful, and avoid trickery and lying, citing Surat al-Tawba 9:119. ¹ It said that whoever is assigned overtime must be present at the workplace even if there is no work, that the person authorised to approve overtime may not grant hours against the regulations, and that pay for anything that breaches the instructions is not lawful. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4297, dated 26 February 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.