Digital Work and Freelancing
13 questions
Is money earned from working with a technology that makes audible voices more realistic, which requires the creation of a 3D image of the human face, permissible or forbidden, knowing that this image is disposed of after the voice creation process is completed?
Is my work as a website designer for a food company, some of whose products contain cartoon images, considered unlawful (haram)?
What is the ruling on working for an Indian company that acts as an intermediary between companies operating on a remote work system and those seeking online work, where registration is free, $10 is given for each registration, and the work involves filling out forms and processing data, but the data is not sent until the first check is received, which requires inviting other people to register through a special link?
Is the 10% taken from the value of each transaction on a remote work platform permissible or impermissible, given the lack of knowledge about what specifically transpires between the seller and the buyer?
Is it permissible to work on developing packages for telecommunication services that include bundling interactive digital television service with other services, knowing that the channel packages and their content have been previously formed by others?
Is it permissible to work on a programming project that assists in reading and recording sound within a digital sound level meter?
Is it permissible to work for a website that sells digital products, such as wholesale subscriptions, by purchasing the product from the website after the customer pays?
Is it religiously permissible to work on freelancing platforms where the work is delivered before receiving payment, then the amount is transferred to a bank account affiliated with the platform, and then withdrawn, arriving after two weeks?
Is it permissible to work on designing images to be sold as NFTs, and to receive profits from a client who distributes "credit points" to his customers by freezing a portion of capital in accounts that yield usurious benefits, and is it necessary to verify the source of others' earnings?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding working with and dealing with electronic payment companies that provide digital cards with purchasing and money transfer services, and do not offer loans or savings accounts like banks, and it is unknown whether they engage in usurious activities?
Is it permissible to work in the design and printing of bags and cardboard packaging—such as designs for fish shops, clothing stores, and pharmacies—that carry images indicative of these shops? And if that is unlawful, how can one dispose of the money earned from this work?
How should a wife deal with her husband who objects to her male siblings visiting, and is jealous of her communicating with her sisters, despite her attempts to mend the relationship, and is it permissible for her brother to temporarily reside with her in the marital home for remote work?
What is the ruling on working in digital marketing for foreign companies that display images of women in their advertisements, knowing that this field is the only recourse for many young people to find work?