Job Seeking and Interviews
226 questions
Is it obligatory for the questioner to leave her current job, which has distanced her from her previous acts of worship and affected her husband, in order to return to her life of faith, knowing that the job is not a financial necessity and helps her spend her time usefully?
Is a wife entitled to seek divorce if she discovers that her husband deceived and defrauded her regarding his qualifications and job prior to marriage?
What is the ruling on my current job, which I took after performing Istikhara, and is working for this entity considered unlawful (haram), and am I obligated to leave it and return to my country?
Is it obligatory for someone with a strong desire and eagerness to marry to abandon university studies—which will take another three years and involve mixing [of genders]—and dedicate himself to seeking Islamic knowledge, especially given his feeling that studying is a waste of time, all while desiring to please his parents and marry?
Is it permissible to occupy myself with religious university studies for the purpose of religious work, seeking a livelihood, and gaining a deeper understanding of the religion, or should I deputize for my father in leading the prayers in the mosque, knowing that my father needs someone to deputize for him, and there is no one else to do so regularly, and my family will be affected financially and emotionally if I study, thus missing out on what I consider to be a golden opportunity for study?
What is the ruling on an employee who is dedicated in his work to please officials and out of greed for promotions and salaries, and not for God, while he is devoted to God in his acts of worship and good deeds outside his job? Is his action during work permissible or is it shirk (associating partners with God), and will he be held accountable for the past years of his work?
Should the questioner remain in France for work, hoping to leave when a job opportunity arises in a Muslim country, or should he inevitably depart? And should he pursue Islamic religious knowledge, disregarding his engineering degree, and if so, how? And should he seek knowledge in Morocco despite the difficulties, or should he travel to the East?
Is sincerity in seeking knowledge rewarded, and is it obligatory?
Should a young man living abroad leave his job that is helping him get married, or should he be patient with it and pray to Allah to find something better, striving to take the means?
Is it permissible to deal with public sector employees who demand a share in profits in exchange for facilitating the completion of projects, knowing that this dealing might be on the verge of speculation (gharar)?
What is the Islamic ruling on working for an electricity company that sells its products to mosques and liquor stores?
Is receiving a salary in exchange for not going to work—due to the decision to prohibit covering the face—considered unlawful money, given the difficult financial circumstances?
Is it permissible for me to continue studying aviation and working at the airport, despite the presence of an environment full of temptations, and the existence of requirements that necessitate shaving the beard, and with my parents' anger at me for not taking the preparatory job, and the delay of my marriage because of that?
What is the ruling on delaying wearing the hijab due to fear of losing one's job and difficult financial circumstances, or fear of a harsh reaction from one's father?
Is it permissible to look into the eyes of a woman conducting a job interview, knowing that not doing so might give a negative impression?
Is working in the field of tourism, which includes organizing trips, booking hotels and transportation for tourist groups, and sometimes accompanying them, unlawful according to Sharia, even while being careful to avoid places where alcohol is served?
Is my misunderstanding of Istikhara prayer the reason for the problems I am facing after marrying a woman with whom I committed zina, and having two children, one of whom was a result of zina, knowing that I am facing great financial difficulties and have lost my job, and knowing that I maintain my prayers and adhkar? And do the hadiths about the virtues of glorification (tasbih) and seeking forgiveness (istighfar) include major sins like zina and usury? And what is the ruling on my first daughter? And what should I do?
Is a teacher sinful if she signs for a salary higher than what she actually receives, because the school administration is obligated to do so by the educational district, knowing that she is only proficient in teaching?
Does the cursing of the one who consumes usury, its scribe, and its two witnesses apply to someone who works as a financial auditor and prepares financial statements for a company that deals in usury, knowing that he refuses to review the usurious items himself, does not write down the usurious entry, and is not the one who signs the auditor's report?
What is the ruling on working in a company whose manager orders bribery, lying, and submitting delivery receipts for goods that have not been received?
What is the ruling on working in a usurious bank, and what should a husband do if his wife works there and refuses to leave this job?
Is giving up a job that allows one to perform acts of worship freely (such as night prayers and fasting Ramadan) and moving to a job as a pilot that requires combining and shortening prayers and affects worship considered love of this world and lack of asceticism?
Is a father obligated to marry off his son before saving money and performing Hajj, and how can a father be persuaded to agree to the marriage despite the lack of a stable job?
Is it permissible to return to work at the previous computer office – where transgressions used to occur – due to financial need, while leaving the current job with the meager salary?