Is money earned from working on a software program for a company permissible or forbidden, knowing that I am a government employee and assigned other duties, and this work is done outside official working hours?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
There is no objection to receiving payment for work prepared outside official working hours.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
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