With reference to the letter titled "Targeting expats' savings is unfair!", I think the government has the right to check the remittances of expats. For example, an expat on a labor profession with a salary of SR1,000 cannot earn P100,000 after one year. It means that if he remits that much, he is either involved in tasatur or working in other places other than his sponsor which is illegal. A Saudi, Online response II. There is nothing wrong with the remittances of expats. All are regulated by the banks, which will not allow remittances beyond the expats' legal earnings. Certainly, an expat earning SR1,000 a month and sending SR50,000 can easily be detected and thus questioned. The objections of the expats is not the monitoring, because it is already being done by the banks, but putting a cap to their remittances. An engineer earning SR10,000 or SR20,000 a month should be allowed to remit his legal earnings because he worked hard to earn a living for his families. An expat, Online response III. Allah has bestowed every country with its own bounty. In history, it is always the people from poor countries who are going to rich countries to ear their bread and butter. If an expat is earning the halal way, doing petty jobs and working overtime he should be allowed to send home his savings as he wishes. If there are expats involved in crimes, they should be arrested and jailed. But those who are earning honestly should be allowed to remit his earnings in accordance with the Islamic teachings. Mohammad, Online response
