Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Is it permissible to take six months' salary based on labor law without the employer's knowledge after arbitrary dismissal?
Is it permissible for a woman to work as a notary public—whose duties include writing marriage contracts, sales agreements, and purchase agreements, attesting to oaths in the mosque, and interrogating disputants—while she is not wearing a hijab?
Is it permissible to take a commission from private ambulance companies in exchange for directing uninsured individuals to them, with the company's knowledge and consent?
Is it permissible for an employee to take the sums granted by the company as a meal allowance, knowing that he does not benefit from the accommodation, for which 10 dinars are deducted from his salary monthly?
What is the ruling on working 40 hours a week under a 10-hour contract to pay less taxes, knowing the difficulty of finding halal work in the Netherlands?
Is it permissible to accept a job in the Islamic finance department of a global usurious bank, even though the salary will be paid by the usurious bank, and the employee intends through this to educate people about Islamic banking?
What is the ruling regarding the children of those who work in usurious banks and the pension they receive after death?
What is the ruling on one who wrongs a woman and prevents her from returning to her job? And is there a way for her to reclaim her right?
What is the ruling on a salary disbursed by a usurious bank in a country where there is no Islamic bank and it is not possible to receive the salary in cash?
Is it permissible for me to benefit from a discount given to me by a supermarket employee without the owner's knowledge, especially since the supermarket offers discounts to other customers, but the owner does not grant me any discount if I buy directly from him? And what must I do regarding what I have taken if it involves a sin?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the wife of an employee whose salary is low and insufficient for her expenses, and whose husband is remiss in providing for her?
Is one who is compelled to submit false and fabricated data regarding production and marketing to governmental bodies sinful, given that this results in the employer obtaining undeserved financial support from the state, and what is the legitimate Islamic way out of this predicament?
Is it permissible to recover the cost of a fictitious air freight invoice to benefit from the price difference in sea freight?
What is the ruling on the salary received by a government employee from the Ministry of Agriculture for six years without actually performing work, and what should he do with the money earned if it is unlawful and has already been spent? And what is the ruling on someone who combines this salary with another government job or a commercial business?
Does volunteering for extra work in the same workplace compensate for shortcomings in performing original duties and make the salary permissible?
Is it permissible to study something that requires the use of pig fat in preparing pastries, given the availability of another job opportunity with a low salary?
Is it permissible to pay the price for a material taken from the state that was not available in the market, and distribute its price to the poor and needy, or to charities and houses of Allah?
Is the salary received by the questioner considered unlawful, taking into account that a portion of their time at work is wasted on personal matters, and what should they do to feel at ease about this, especially after losing $8,000 due to being preoccupied with personal matters?
What is the ruling on employing unveiled yet respectable women in a telephone service company that works for foreign companies?
What is the ruling on remaining in a job with a manager who requests the deception of customers and the provision of false information regarding the origin of goods, and is it obligatory to leave this job before marriage or after it, knowing the difficulty of leaving it and the need for marriage as a means of safeguarding oneself?
Is the salary received by a person over 65 who changed his birth certificate to a younger age in order to remain in his job considered unlawful (haram)?
Is it permissible to lie if it harms no one and offers a personal benefit for travel, and would the earnings acquired after this travel be unlawful?
Is it permissible to donate the salary received for not performing work—due to the employing entity's compulsion to do so—to needy patients, or to mosques, or to poor families?
What is the ruling on money held in the bank that was acquired due to stopping work because of the distance to school and the presence of mixing, and is it permissible to give it to a needy husband who is unemployed due to security reasons?