Contracts and Wages
313 questions
What is the ruling on working as a programmer for a foreign company if part of the work involves writing software for a liquor company?
Is it permissible to file a lawsuit against the company to demand compensation for low wages, knowing that the wages violate German law and that I reluctantly agreed to the terms of the contract?
Is the salary received unlawful, given that the number of classes taught is less than stipulated due to student absenteeism? And is it permissible to give a portion of it as expiation or to dispose of the unlawful gain, and what is the required amount to be given?
Is it permissible to work as a security guard in a building, part of which is leased to insurance companies, knowing that the wages are paid from the rental income received from these companies, despite not dealing directly with them?
What is the ruling on working "under the table" (without paying taxes to the state) in Denmark, while receiving a salary from the state?
What is the ruling on working on usurped land, and what is the fate of the profits gained from it?
What is the ruling on participating in proposals to reduce the salaries of some employees but not others, knowing that not participating might cause greater harm to the employees?
Is it permissible to demand financial compensation for arbitrary dismissal and defamation, knowing that the reason for dismissal was a financial problem with which I had no connection?
Is it permissible for a female employee to ask her colleagues to sign the attendance register on her behalf when she is absent to avoid having the absence recorded, and is the salary she receives for that day lawful or unlawful?
Is it permissible to withhold a maid's salary for three months if she claims to be experiencing strange psychological behaviors, knowing that she practices sorcery?
Are the stipends received by scholars and imams from Awqaf (endowments) or Bayt al-Mal (the public treasury) considered wages for teaching and leading prayers? And does the ruling differ between them taking only what they need, donating the rest or leaving it, and them taking more than what they need?
What is the ruling on wages earned from working in churches?
Is one sinful if one gives a worker an amount deemed sufficient for an inspection service, but the worker refuses to waive the remaining amount he demands, knowing that the requested wage exceeds what is customary and was not agreed upon beforehand?
Is it obligatory to adhere to an agreement to deduct one month's dues in exchange for expediting the sponsorship transfer, or should one act according to the Ministry of Labor system, which stipulates receiving full dues without deduction?
Is it permissible to work for a telecommunications company that organizes advertising campaigns involving the invitation of artists and musical concerts, where there is extensive mixing with unveiled women, and employee salaries and company profits are deposited in usurious banks, knowing that the questioner supports his family and seeks to earn a lawful living?
Is it permissible to take money designated for the wages of a laborer who carried goods if the friend who performed the task did not take a wage?
Is it permissible for an employee on a long sick leave to engage in another activity elsewhere, while continuing to receive his full salary from social security?
What is the Islamic ruling on my work recording materials for a religious channel and for series and movie channels?
Is life insurance generally considered forbidden, or are some cases exempted from this ruling, such as when an insurance company provides group insurance for its employees without premiums from them, whereby upon the death of the insured, an amount equivalent to 30 times the monthly salary is disbursed to the heirs specified in the contract?
What is the ruling on an Imam who works as a government employee and receives a salary for his work?
Is money earned from packaging women's clothing that has defects - at the request of the official - permissible or forbidden, and is it permissible to perform Umrah with it?
Is it permissible, Islamically, for a father to bequeath a portion of his wealth to his only son and agricultural land to his daughters, knowing that the son helped his father accumulate this wealth?
What is the ruling on income from working as an accountant in a gold factory, especially with selling part of it on credit, selling jewelry in exchange for scrap with an increase in wages, and selling stones as gold within the jewelry?
Is it permissible for the questioner's father, who owns a contracting company, to take a monthly financial return from workers (whether newly recruited or those whose sponsorship has been transferred) who work for themselves, even if this is a small, agreed-upon percentage?