Honesty in Trade
358 questions
Is it permissible to give one's work account to another person to work from it in exchange for a portion of the wage, if the condition of the work is that the account holder is the one who performs the work?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on claiming compensation for alleged damages from the 1426 AH rains, given the presence of manipulation in submitting claims, such as claiming compensation for un-damaged farms, or exaggerating the number of damaged properties, or submitting claims by sons and grandchildren for properties still belonging to their fathers, or false testimonies from witnesses and approvers who are unaware of the true nature of the properties?
What is the ruling on working for a trading platform like "Olymp Trade" that deals in currencies and metals, and is it permissible to appoint someone with money in exchange for a percentage of the profit?
What should a 47-year-old daughter do, who works on temporary contracts and spends on her elderly parents and the household, while her well-off brother contributes very little to the expenses, which causes tension and problems in the family?
Is it permissible to take the unemployment benefit designated for the unemployed—with the intention of refusing any job that might be offered to her—due to her family’s refusal for her to work, and her need for money?
What is the ruling on writing receipts and invoices for companies that operate in forbidden fields (such as music or tobacco), submitting audited financial statements to them, writing the company's name in audit contracts, or sending emails concerning them to the tax authority? Is this considered aiding in the forbidden, and what is the ruling on the money received from this work?
Is the waiting time for the company's bus after the end of the overtime work calculated as part of the work wage?
Is it permissible for a sole accountant, whose work has accumulated due to his annual leave, to request additional pay for the hours he works to complete this backlog?
What is the ruling on someone who registers as a displaced person to obtain humanitarian aid in Yemen, knowing that this aid is stolen and distributed to those who are not entitled to it, and that the one registering is in need of it?
Is using Google Translate, then editing it, without informing the client, considered a lie and a submission of low quality, and is the money earned from this work permissible or forbidden?
Is it permissible to consider the brother entitled to financial sums based solely on his testimony, with some heirs not being convinced of his entitlement, in order to avoid resorting to the courts?
Is it considered "selling over your brother’s sale" if a company—where my husband works—visits clients who have contracts or agreements with other companies? And how can the company market its services without falling into this prohibited act, especially given the difficulty of knowing all contractors or their contract durations? And is it considered permissible advertising, and not "selling over a sale," if an employee is sent to discuss the company and its services without offering prices, and then waits for the client to request them?
Is it permissible to participate in an examination for female Qur'an memorizers that entails a reward, even though one of the new conditions for the examination is not met by the examinee, and is it permissible in this case to take the examination but refuse to accept the reward?
Is the female writer sinful for working at a tourism company that refuses to serve alcohol but whose owner deals with hotels and resorts that sell it, or for her work as a content writer for a real estate company that sells chalets and freehold compounds?
Is it permissible to sell program subscriptions at a lower price by exploiting a free month and a fake credit card? And what should I do with the money earned if it is unlawful?
Is it permissible to lie about one's annual income to obtain a scholarship, knowing that there is a dire need for it and that not lying would lead to not obtaining it due to others' lying?
Is the worker religiously entitled to claim financial compensation despite causing the business a loss and then leaving, and is his claim and forceful taking of the money considered his right?
Is obtaining an unemployment benefit while working in the private sector without social security, and pledging that there is no private work, and obtaining an unemployment certificate with two witnesses, considered lying and deception?
Is it permissible to request a small government deal from a brother in exchange for a percentage of the profits to pay off accumulated debts, and is this transaction considered bribery? And do I bear the debts alone due to the evasion of partners?
What is the ruling on the salary of a private sector employee who retired due to medical disability but is still practicing his profession?
Is lease-to-own (ijara muntahiyah bi al-tamleek) prohibited? And does it differ from leasing with a promise to own? If it is prohibited, is it permissible to remain in a job that involves it due to the lack of an alternative and to fulfill family obligations and debts, knowing that his job is limited to selling cars to the leasing department?
Is marketing for translation companies as a translator—with forgery in the CV and presenting the work of another translator to the company—considered unlawful (haram), and what is the ruling on the profits earned from that before the questioner became aware of its unlawfulness, and does he bear the sin of those whom he taught this practice?
Does the earnings of a guard who disobeys his manager's instructions by entering the building instead of standing outside become affected, and does his money become unlawful, and how can he rectify that?
Is the transaction included in the fundamental ignorance [Jahalat al-Ja'l], and is it permissible to work on a platform that initially offers tasks with an unknown wage, where the wage is disclosed after the task is completed based on the work's accuracy? And is there any objection to evaluating the worker if the mechanism for calculating the accuracy percentage is concealed from him?