Job Seeking and Interviews
226 questions
What is sincerity to Allah in one's work, and how can I be sincere to Allah in my work?
What is the position of teachers who take teaching as a profession and receive wages for it, in relation to the reward mentioned in the hadiths that speak of the virtue of those who teach people beneficial knowledge?
Does the questioner fall under the threat of forsaking a Muslim, knowing that the other party is the one who swore not to speak to him and slanders his reputation? Is it permissible for him to ask his friend, the employer, to fire this man for denying a religion to him? Is it permissible for him to supplicate against him in prayer?
Is it permissible for me to live off the money of my husband, who worked as a security guard in a place that sells alcohol before our marriage, and then moved to work for an electronics company?
Which is better: to leave the current job and return to the home country to live with one's wife, or to continue working abroad despite being unable to bring one's wife due to a low salary?
Which is better: a job with a moderate salary that takes up all one's time to earn money for marriage and chastity, or a job with a low salary that allows for the pursuit of knowledge and the company of the righteous, along with striving for marriage?
Is the Syrian doctor's logic that sustenance is preordained and will reach him wherever and whenever (Syria or the Gulf) correct, and that there is no need to move for a better job?
Is the new job lawful or unlawful, considering that the transition to it involved concealing some details from the previous employer?
Is there a Hadith that necessitates seeking provision with dignity and self-respect, and should one reject a job opportunity with an arrogant person?
Is it obligatory to work full-time as an employee in a shop, or to search for another job that allows for diligent study in computer science and the pursuit of Islamic knowledge?
What is the ruling on working for a company where the employer lies and incites discord among employees, and is it permissible to go along with this atmosphere to keep the job?
Is it permissible to leave one's current job due to the bias of foreign workers and move to another comfortable job without considering a salary increase?
What is the ruling on working for a contracting company that obtains its projects through deceit and pays bribes to secure projects or undeserved funds, and what is the ruling on the salary received from working on printing these documents when there is no other alternative employment?
Is an employee who works in an internet cafe frequented by both the righteous and the unrighteous, with the unrighteous being the majority, considered sinful?
Is it permissible for a married woman to stop financial aid to her poor family, after her husband had been giving them a monthly sum for 5 years, in order to encourage her adult siblings to rely on themselves and not to be content with abstaining from work like their father, especially since they do not have permanent jobs?
What is the ruling on the salary that will be granted to returning Iraqi employees who previously left their jobs due to low pay and have now returned claiming political reasons, which will enable them to add the years they were out of service, thereby potentially placing them in a better position than employees who remained in service?
Will a father's prayer against his daughter, asking that she not be blessed in her money because she applied for a job without his knowledge, even though the reason was poverty, lead to her suffering from excessive debt?
How can a husband prove his wife's disobedience (nushuz) legally and according to Sharia, considering that she has left the marital home and moved to live with her family, is seeking employment, and there is a daughter between them?
How does the questioner balance his desire to return to Egypt to leave a suspicious job, his father's rejection, who threatens to disown him if he does so, and his fear of disobeying his parents?
Is it permissible for me to trim my beard for the purpose of getting a job as a teacher in a public school in Finland?
What is the ruling on working in hotel reservations for clients intending to travel to non-Islamic countries to commit immoral acts, and is the money earned from this work unlawful, and is it permissible to continue in this work to pay off debts?
What are the implications for an accountant who discovered a accounting error after a financial settlement had been approved, which led to a payment being made to a supplier, and then it became clear that the amount had already been paid, knowing that he had left his job and only recently remembered the matter and felt guilty? Are there specific supplications to atone for this sin?
What is your opinion regarding abandoning a prestigious pharmacy career in order to devote oneself to seeking Islamic knowledge and teaching the Holy Qur’an, even though those around one consider this behavior to be irrational?
What is the ruling on a married Muslim, who works as a graphic designer, continuing in his job which involves the use of images (including images of animate beings and exposure to nude images), imitating pre-made designs, which is "stealing ideas", and using pirated computer programs "broken protection"? And to what extent is it permissible to use the proposed solutions to avoid the forbidden in this work?