Job Seeking and Interviews
226 questions
Do the phrases "throughout my life" and "the subject of the job" amount to the type of allusive expressions (kinayah) by which a vow (nadhr) is contracted, if the idea of donating the job's salary was present in the mind at the time they were uttered?
Is money earned considered unlawful if fulfilling job duties requires additional work outside official working hours, and incomplete achievement is counted as complete?
Is what the questioner did, submitting hundreds of job applications and trying to find work through acquaintances, considered sufficient effort in seeking provision?
Is it permissible to employ someone in a company in exchange for renting a house from their relative, while informing the manager that there are no specific interviews or conditions for the job?
What must the questioner do to absolve himself of the shortcomings he committed in his previous work?
Is it unlawful for a female teacher to travel with a driver and a group of female teachers for a distance of 80 kilometers, and what should she do if she needs the job and finds it difficult to leave it?
What is the problem with this young man who describes himself as chaotic and lazy, despite possessing numerous talents and intellectual abilities, and his inability to realize his high ambitions in reality, and his tendency to change his interests quickly? And despite his excellence in educational and voluntary fields, he suffers from a lack of organization in his personal life and a paucity of achievement, and he is now unemployed, seeking a solution to his problem?
What is the ruling regarding a brilliant female engineer's refusal to lie in a job interview about her graduation project and to accept intercession for employment, and what should she do given her fear of remaining unemployed?
Why did the fatwa differ between considering the phrase "If I get a job, I will donate my first salary" as a vow, and considering similar phrases like "I will do such-and-such, or I will donate such-and-such, if such-and-such happens" as not explicit vows unless accompanied by intention? And is saying "Mmmmmm" in agreement with a sister's statement, "When Allah gives you a job, you will spend your entire salary on this child," considered a binding vow, or a promise that must be fulfilled, given that there was no intention of vowing at the time?
Is it Islamically permissible to seek mediation for acceptance into a government job, knowing that employment in those institutions is only achieved through mediation?