Contracts and Wages
313 questions
Does the husband's work as a government accountant and tax collector for nightclubs—with his exposure to dancers and nude women, and his susceptibility to temptation—make his work permissible or forbidden?
Is it permissible for us to recover a sum of money that was deducted from our salaries due to a deficit in the pharmacy's trust, knowing that we are not the cause of this deficit, and in a way that does not reveal our taking anything from the pharmacy's trust?
What is the ruling on wages earned from maintenance work on a holiday: are they for me alone or for me and my partner, and how do I expiate for what has passed if the ruling is for the latter?
Is it permissible to take a loan from a bank that adds an amount to the original loan under the name of "service fees" to cover employee salaries and operating expenses? And is it permissible to work at this bank?
Is it permissible to take the price of the mobile phone from the wages of the employee who neglected to close the shop window, which led to the theft of the device?
Is it permissible for a wife to secretly take a small amount of her husband's money in exchange for helping him with his work and correcting his exams, knowing that she does not take money from him and wishes to bring joy to her needy parents?
What is the ruling on praying behind an imam who is employed by the state and receives a salary for leading congregational prayers?
Does the work of a chemical engineer in treating water and air conditioning for hotels—that contain abominations such as the presence of bars, fornication, and mixed swimming pools—constitute aiding in the unlawful, and does the ruling "rather, you are among those who wrong themselves" apply to him?
Is there a doubt regarding the lawfulness of the earnings (literally, "in the اجر شبهة") due to an implicit (or indirect) disclosure about previous earnings, knowing that no explicit lie was told, and this resulted in an increase in the new earnings?
Are the extra hours that are calculated for the salary permissible, knowing that no work is done during them and one simply waits for his father's meeting with the factory owners to end?
1. Will the questioner be absolved of responsibility before Allah, and what is the ruling on the sale that took place to buy the brother's share in the shop? Will his lawful money be mixed with unlawful money because of this transaction? 2. Is the brother sinful for continuing to work for the questioner as an employee, while being given more than half of the profit, in order to relieve him of his share in the jointly owned shop? 3. Are the brother's circumstances considered to be those of someone in dire necessity, and what are the Sharia proofs for that?
What is the ruling regarding my salary if I do not work at night due to a company decision, and is it permissible for me to take my remaining entitlements, and can they be given as charity on behalf of my deceased brother if the funds are questionable?
Is the work of a private security guard forbidden (haram)?
Is it not the wife's right to receive a salary for her work in her husband's pharmacy, and is it permissible for her to take money without his knowledge?
What is the ruling on leaving work before the official end of working hours—whether with genuine or fabricated assignments—and what is the ruling on the salary resulting from that?
Is it permissible to record attendance time before the actual time, knowing that the actual attendance time falls before the official closing time of the workday?
What is the Sharia ruling on taking sick leave without need, or being absent from classes with the teacher's permission but without the administration's knowledge, while the teacher records the student as present when they are absent?
Is money earned from working in a café and restaurant where forbidden mixing is prevalent lawful or unlawful?
Is the proposed contract, which stipulates that I receive a monthly remuneration and a percentage of the profits of a new software company in exchange for my technical management, and that the parent company receives the remaining percentage of the profits and free copies of the software, a legitimate contract?
Is it permissible for a marketing manager to take a percentage of profit in exchange for designing brochures for subsidiary companies without the parent company's knowledge, especially since this is not part of his core duties and saves money for the subsidiary companies?
Is it permissible for kitchen staff in government institutions to take unconsumed food or bread from their workday meals to their homes, knowing that they are exempt from paying for these meals and that these items might be preserved for another day and used by other workers?
Is working in the field of receiving and printing promotional advertisements that include images of unveiled women or alcoholic beverages considered forbidden, and what should I do with the wages I received for this work?
What is the ruling on completing work to settle the dues of a contractor for a Riba-based bank, given that the engineer has not found another job and will be exposed to severe hardship if he leaves the work now?
What is the ruling on the wages earned from working in a café that sells cigarettes, if their sale is a specific activity of the owner and not part of the café's main income, knowing that the worker is the one who handles the affairs of both the café and the cigarettes?