Permissible Occupations
600 questions
What is the ruling on the insurance provided by companies for their employees, and the ruling on their evasion of it by writing different salaries, and is the employee a partner in sin if he signs a contract with a different salary to avoid losing his job?
Is it obligatory to pay the agreed-upon fees to the mediation office two years after finding the job, especially given that the office did not make a direct effort in the current coordination?
What is the ruling on the portion of the salary related to the hour that an employee does not work, when his manager has permitted a reduction in working hours?
What is the ruling on working in foreign oil fields that do not stipulate shaving the beard, but the nature of the work sometimes necessitates wearing a gas mask, which does not operate efficiently with a beard, thereby threatening the employee's life?
What is the ruling on money spent and saved? Am I obligated to do anything with it if I did not reach a strong presumption of the impermissibility of my work except after coming across your fatwa? Is it permissible for me to remain in the appointments department and donate the salary for the days in which I am involved in appointments from my income, knowing that the appointment period does not exceed 20 or 30 days during the year? Does the ruling differ if I only appoint men and someone else appoints women?
Is it permissible for the inspection committee to deduct the remaining amount of the imprest from the employee's salary, even though the money is in his possession, under the pretext that he does not have a safe, despite the Director-General's awareness of this?
Is it permissible to search for another job despite the man's help and good treatment, and after unfulfilled promises to work as a driver?
What is the ruling on presenting false medical excuses for absence from work or study, and is it permissible to resort to them in the event of absence due to sleep?
What is the ruling on working and on the money earned from a job obtained through deception, knowing that the employee does not perform essential work and was initially unaware of how she was employed?
Is it forbidden and does it affect one's salary to seek to please the manager through flattery and hypocrisy instead of effort and work, which is what most employees do?
Is it permissible for an employee to rent a house for one of his relatives and reside in another house owned by the heirs, knowing that the rental value will be deducted from his salary?
Is a woman's work as a pharmacist permissible?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a job that requires paying a sum of money for the cost of materials, membership subscription, and tax to join, in exchange for manufacturing bracelets at home with materials provided by the employer?
What is the ruling on working for a company that sells devices for large projects, which involves paying money (bribes) to ensure product approval and secure projects, knowing that the company raises prices to cover these payments? And what is the ruling on the salary and commission received from this work, especially if the commission includes a portion that came through these payments, knowing that the employee may not directly participate in these payment processes? What are the boundaries of lawful and unlawful in dealing with these matters, and what is the best approach to deal with someone who requests a bribe or with management that asks to follow up on these matters?
Is the amount paid to an employer's representative considered a bonus or a bribe, or does it involve a Sharia violation for the institution, whether the work is assigned directly or through a tender where the amount paid does not affect the acceptance of bids?
Is it possible to sue someone to recover money that was paid to him in exchange for completing a government transaction that he did not carry out and refused to return, and is this amount considered a bribe, bearing in mind that the person was an employee in the same government sector and then retired?
Is it permissible for an employee to dispose of and sell company-owned items without the owner's knowledge to cover part of his overdue salary, provided he commits to stopping this practice once salaries are paid regularly?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on changing the mileage on a company car designated for work to avoid salary deductions, and on using company property (such as stationery) for personal purposes, especially given that the company is American and spends extravagantly on such matters? And how can one atone for this in the past?
Are the salary and job permissible, knowing that the nature of the work is limited to inspecting the extent to which usurious and Islamic banks comply with the instructions of the monetary authority?
Is it permissible to give certain medications to patients based on a percentage obtained by the pharmacist and the employer, while other alternatives exist, knowing that priority in prescription is given to medications that include a percentage?
Is it permissible to work for a cleaning company that cleans a company selling various beverages, including alcohol, if the work is limited to carrying empty boxes for the purpose of tidying, knowing that the salary is paid by the cleaning company, not the beverage company?
Is it permissible to pay a sum of money to obtain a job with a higher salary if that does not harm anyone, and did Sheikh Muhammad al-Uthaymeen issue a fatwa permitting that?
What is the ruling regarding the eldest son of the employer taking money from the company's funds and depositing it into his personal account under the pretext that it is factory expenses, and what is the position of the treasurer concerning this action?
Is the work of my brother, as assistant secretary in the pawnbrokers of gold, where he estimates the value of the pawned item and takes one dinar for every 100 dinars, lawful or unlawful? And is the known fee imposed by the pawnbrokers upon the retrieval of the pawned item considered usury (riba)?