Honesty in Trade
321 questions
To what extent is it permissible to add an "accommodation" allowance of 16 dinars in field "S" of the timesheet, given that the manager had promised 10 dinars and the company only paid 8 dinars, and is this considered consuming ill-gotten gains?
Is a financial accountant's objection to the disparity in salaries between him and other less experienced employees in the same company considered a religious sin, knowing that he cannot terminate the contract before its term without losing his rights?
Is it permissible to keep the money given by the company for food, drink, and transportation during travel and use it for personal purposes instead of the taxes deducted from the salary, while submitting a fabricated report upon return?
Is the salary considered unlawful if the employee finds no work to do due to a lack of assigned tasks, or due to his refusal of tasks outside his specialization and physical capacity?
What is the ruling on breaking a Fatiha that was recited for the fulfillment of a personal need, and does it take the ruling of an expiation for an oath, and does one Fatiha equal 44 oaths?
Is it permissible for an employee to work diligently during the agreed-upon working hours (8 hours), then work without interest during the overtime hours that he is forced into without right or compensation?
Is the promise to buy a phone for an employee in exchange for her transferring me to her manager or giving me his personal number considered a pledge that must be fulfilled, and is that considered a bribe?
Is it permissible for an employee to recite the Holy Quran during official working hours and at the expense of work?
Is it permissible to continue working with someone who purchases hard currency in installments, and to work with him and accept his financial assistance, knowing that this is considered usury?
What is the ruling on disposing of money obtained as compensation for an advertisement that was published in a distorted manner or at an untimely date, and should it be returned to the newspaper or to the advertising company, and is it permissible to appoint an agent to repay this money to another person?
What is the ruling on selling the right to reside in a state-owned house, knowing that this deprives other eligible individuals, and what is the ruling on subletting this property without the knowledge of the responsible authority?
Is it permissible for me to specify a percentage of the profit for a third partner in a sheep trade, knowing that the profit is variable?
What is the ruling on the financial increase agreed upon in US dollars for the monthly salary, which was requested secretly, and what is the ruling on the agreed-upon percentage from maintenance contracts?
Is money derived from the rent of houses built with usurious loans lawful or unlawful, and if unlawful, how can it be purified, and what is the ruling on benefiting from food, drink, and possessions in which lawful and unlawful money are mixed?
Is it permissible or forbidden to give private lessons to university students sent by a friend who works at the university, knowing that the institution prohibits its employees from doing so?
What is the ruling on purchasing fictitious employment contracts for employees' wives in order to obtain leave from work in Egypt to work in the Gulf, knowing that not obtaining this leave may lead to missing out on job opportunities abroad?
Is it permissible to withdraw the difference in the amount from the company without the administration's knowledge, after the manager retracted the agreement to adjust the salary from dollars to euros, knowing that the value of the dollar has decreased, which led to a loss in salary?
Is it permissible for a department head in a public utility to participate in distributing monetary amounts remaining from work contracts for the utility, which are assigned by a higher authority, knowing that these amounts are distributed to a group of officials and dedicated employees, to the exclusion of other employees who do not provide a service to the utility?
Is it permissible to be an hour late for work so that one's arrival coincides with the doctor's appointment, knowing that the work is dependent on one's presence?
Is it permissible to accept a fee from someone funding the construction of rooms for supervising the building work, knowing that this task is additional and not part of his primary duties as an assistant manager, and that the supervisor is usually paid $500 for it?
Is the salary lawful if the employee's name was not included in the summer eyeglasses schedule due to an oversight by the responsible employee, and can the money be purified by donating the equivalent of one week's salary or by volunteering to work for one week?
Is it permissible to establish a company with an activity similar to that of a company in which one is employed, given that the work methods differ?
Is taking money from patients without fully recording it in the official ledgers considered unlawful (haram), and what should be done to clear one's conscience before God after leaving the job?
Does opening a new company in a field partially similar to the previous company—after signing a pledge under duress not to work in the same field for 3 years—constitute a breach of that pledge?