What is the ruling on working online in the field of opinion polls and completing simple tasks, and what are the related Sharia compliance requirements?
The fundamental principle concerning people's dealings and contracts is permissibility and validity. Nothing is forbidden or invalidated except that for which there is a -compliant evidence indicating its prohibition or invalidation. Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah clarified that the fundamental principle regarding acts of worship is that nothing should be legislated except what Allah has legislated, and the fundamental principle regarding customs is that nothing should be prohibited except what Allah has prohibited. Furthermore, the primary judgment in dealings is based on the apparent, as a means of facilitating matters for people.
Based on this, there is no inherent objection to working in the field of opinion polls and completing simple tasks on electronic platforms, unless the task involves a domain that is forbidden by sharia, such as fraud, usury, gambling, immoral acts, and their means.
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