Permissible Occupations

502 questions

What is the ruling on things found by a worker while sorting paper, given that the employer said: "Whoever finds something, it is his"?
Is working as a radio director for an economic radio station that broadcasts stock market news permissible or forbidden, and is there any doubt concerning receiving a salary from a company that trades in securities?
Is it obligatory to avoid taking money from siblings if there is doubt about its source due to their failure to adhere to work schedules, and is it permissible to inform the mother to advise them without incurring her anger, and is it permissible to take money from them again if their work improves?
Is it permissible for a woman to shake hands with a male teacher, who is a stranger to her, to avoid being fired from her job, and would her salary then be unlawful?
Is it permissible to take the amount allocated for tuition fees using unofficial receipts in order to compensate for a deficit in the basic salary?
What is the ruling on an employee working in a public services office if transactions are not completed except by paying gratuities to employees in other departments, knowing that he cannot leave the job due to the sponsor's refusal to transfer sponsorship or grant a final exit visa?
Is it permissible to pay a person 30,000 Saudi Riyals in exchange for transferring me to a job in my father's city, given that official transfer methods have proven impossible?
Is it permissible for a poor person, who barely earns his daily sustenance with a monthly salary of 1740 Egyptian pounds, to take low-value items belonging to students that no one inquires about, in a school where he works, knowing that these items become the property of the school owner?
Is one sinful for helping his girlfriend apply for a job in a mixed-gender environment—like a hospital—due to the mixing that occurs therein?
Is it permissible to benefit from health insurance provided by the employer in exchange for deducting a portion of the salary, with the possibility of its cancellation and the resulting damages?
Is it permissible for me to take an amount equivalent to the minimum monthly average of the percentage from the company's money, after the employer reneged on paying the percentage agreed upon in the initial contract, by analogy with the hadith of Hind with Abu Sufyan?
What is the ruling on my work as a theater specialist and the salary I receive, given that I am present in the palace during theater groups' rehearsals without entering the theater with them, and outside of rehearsal times I am in my office?
What is the ruling on taking extra money in exchange for facilitating or following up on a transaction, and is that considered brokerage, and what is the ruling on brokerage?
Is it permissible for me to keep the refunded amount from the airline as compensation for flight problems, knowing that my employer will fully reimburse me for the ticket cost, and if not, what should I do with the extra amount that cannot be returned?
What is the solution to the problem of an employee who takes 5 dinars from people's salaries in exchange for bringing them to them from the bank, and the bank does not disburse salaries except to employees, so if people refuse to pay, the employee stops bringing them, causing great hardship to the people?
Is there a sin upon the questioner for the salaries he will receive after his retirement, if his real age is 53 years and not 65 years, due to a previous amendment to his birth year by a judicial ruling to evade compulsory military service?
Is it permissible for me to collect personal photos from the Internet, given that the employer has affirmed they will not be used in ways that displease Allah?
Is it permissible to return a lawyer's gift, then buy it from him, in order to avert the suspicion of embezzlement, especially since the Prophet (peace be upon him) warned against gifts to employees?
Is it permissible to work with AdSense, a company that places advertisements, 35% of which are unlawful, alongside lawful video clips that I upload to YouTube, knowing that I do not directly engage in the unlawful content and that the company takes 45% of the advertising profits?
Is the questioner considered sinful and is expiation (kaffarah) binding upon her for causing the loss of income for the lawyer to whom she offered the bribe?
Is it permissible to obligate employees to cover for their absent colleagues without compensation, while deducting the absent employee's salary for the benefit of the institution? And what is the ruling on a manager who implements these instructions?
To what extent am I responsible before God and the capitalists if I dispose of usurious transaction money that resulted from installment sales without the knowledge of my partner in the company, and am I entitled to the management percentage that my father used to receive?
Does the permissibility of money differ based on the nature of jobs?
Is a pilot's salary forbidden, and will he die in great sin if he works in aviation, a field in which matters displeasing to Allah may occur?

Permissible Occupations

What is the ruling on things found by a worker while sorting paper, given that the employer said: "Whoever finds something, it is his"?

Is working as a radio director for an economic radio station that broadcasts stock market news permissible or forbidden, and is there any doubt concerning receiving a salary from a company that trades in securities?

Is it permissible for a woman to shake hands with a male teacher, who is a stranger to her, to avoid being fired from her job, and would her salary then be unlawful?

Is it permissible to take the amount allocated for tuition fees using unofficial receipts in order to compensate for a deficit in the basic salary?

What is the ruling on an employee working in a public services office if transactions are not completed except by paying gratuities to employees in other departments, knowing that he cannot leave the job due to the sponsor's refusal to transfer sponsorship or grant a final exit visa?

Is it permissible to pay a person 30,000 Saudi Riyals in exchange for transferring me to a job in my father's city, given that official transfer methods have proven impossible?

Is it permissible for a poor person, who barely earns his daily sustenance with a monthly salary of 1740 Egyptian pounds, to take low-value items belonging to students that no one inquires about, in a school where he works, knowing that these items become the property of the school owner?

Is one sinful for helping his girlfriend apply for a job in a mixed-gender environment—like a hospital—due to the mixing that occurs therein?

Is it permissible to benefit from health insurance provided by the employer in exchange for deducting a portion of the salary, with the possibility of its cancellation and the resulting damages?

Is it permissible for me to take an amount equivalent to the minimum monthly average of the percentage from the company's money, after the employer reneged on paying the percentage agreed upon in the initial contract, by analogy with the hadith of Hind with Abu Sufyan?

What is the ruling on my work as a theater specialist and the salary I receive, given that I am present in the palace during theater groups' rehearsals without entering the theater with them, and outside of rehearsal times I am in my office?

What is the ruling on taking extra money in exchange for facilitating or following up on a transaction, and is that considered brokerage, and what is the ruling on brokerage?

Is it permissible for me to keep the refunded amount from the airline as compensation for flight problems, knowing that my employer will fully reimburse me for the ticket cost, and if not, what should I do with the extra amount that cannot be returned?

Is there a sin upon the questioner for the salaries he will receive after his retirement, if his real age is 53 years and not 65 years, due to a previous amendment to his birth year by a judicial ruling to evade compulsory military service?

Is it permissible for me to collect personal photos from the Internet, given that the employer has affirmed they will not be used in ways that displease Allah?

Is it permissible to return a lawyer's gift, then buy it from him, in order to avert the suspicion of embezzlement, especially since the Prophet (peace be upon him) warned against gifts to employees?

Is it permissible to work with AdSense, a company that places advertisements, 35% of which are unlawful, alongside lawful video clips that I upload to YouTube, knowing that I do not directly engage in the unlawful content and that the company takes 45% of the advertising profits?

Is the questioner considered sinful and is expiation (kaffarah) binding upon her for causing the loss of income for the lawyer to whom she offered the bribe?

Is it permissible to obligate employees to cover for their absent colleagues without compensation, while deducting the absent employee's salary for the benefit of the institution? And what is the ruling on a manager who implements these instructions?

To what extent am I responsible before God and the capitalists if I dispose of usurious transaction money that resulted from installment sales without the knowledge of my partner in the company, and am I entitled to the management percentage that my father used to receive?

Does the permissibility of money differ based on the nature of jobs?

Is a pilot's salary forbidden, and will he die in great sin if he works in aviation, a field in which matters displeasing to Allah may occur?