Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Is it permissible to pay a sum of money to an employee in another company to complete a sale, knowing that refusing to pay exposes the employee to penalties from his company, and he cannot leave his job?
Is it permissible for an employee to receive payment for documenting the status of a plot of land or for placing it under reservation on behalf of the service provider?
Is it permissible for an employee to take a share from the process of purchasing real estate for the entity he works for, with the knowledge of the seller but without the knowledge of the buyer (the governmental entity), or by accepting a share from the broker who offers it voluntarily after the sale is completed, given that the employee exerted effort in the search and did not cheat on the price?
Is it permissible to take the commission difference from a client by raising the price on him without his knowledge, due to the company not giving the due commission and the manager reducing it to benefit from it at the end of the year?
Is it permissible for a purchasing agent to take the difference between the price at which he bought an item and the price he was asked for, without informing the company?
What is the ruling on paying a sum of money to a female employee at an embassy to facilitate obtaining an employment contract, and is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for that?
Is it permissible for my father to work for a magazine that publishes pictures of women with uncovered hair under the pretext of them working in espionage, and is the money earned from this work permissible?
Is it permissible to agree with the employer on a variable commission (2% after 70,0 SAR and 1% before it) on sales?
Is it permissible to continue working in a clearance office, knowing that the manager engages in bribery and that incentives are sourced from bribery, even though the employee's job is to import electronic devices and is unrelated to clearance?
What is the ruling on money earned from a job salary in which sufficient effort was not expended due to work circumstances, and how can one expiate it if it is unlawful?
Is it permissible for a shepherd or a farm worker to receive a monthly salary in addition to a percentage of the profits (or profit and loss, in the case of a farm worker)?
Is this partnership, in which employees pay 60% of the profits after covering costs and rent, and the employer takes 40%, with the employer reimbursing the rent previously paid by the employees at the end of the year, legitimate in Islam?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a female employee working in the laboratories department of a government hospital who was transferred to work in a private section affiliated with the hospital (which provides services for a fee), receiving two salaries: her monthly salary from the state, and another salary from the owners of the private section after three months of working with them? Is it permissible for her to combine the two salaries?
Is it permissible to take one's right from the government through illicit means, knowing that it harms no one, that taking it through legitimate channels costs more than the right itself, and that attempting to obtain it through legitimate channels leads to mistreatment and failure to acquire it?
Is the engineer sinful for tampering with employees' attendance and departure times at the manager's request, or does the sin fall solely on the manager, given that the company is aware of the incident?
What is the ruling on working for a company that collects defunct electronic devices—including television sets, which are predominantly used for reprehensible things—and sells their components, given the suspicion of aiding in wrongdoing and the company's system that imposes mandatory health insurance deducted from one's salary?
Is it permissible for me to work temporarily with the intention of leaving once I find a better job, knowing that my employer might be relying on my continued employment?
Is the salary received by a Gazan employee from the Authority lawful or unlawful, knowing that he does not actively work and the salary is considered a bonus?
Does the Hadith, "May Allah curse the one who gives a bribe, the one who takes a bribe, and the one who brokers between them," apply to someone who works for a company that deals in bribery and receives its information as part of his job, knowing that the company was operating under this system before he joined it and he was not the cause of the introduction between the parties? And is it permissible for him to take a percentage of the profits of this institution in return for his work there, knowing that part of the institution's income is not from suspicious transactions?
Is it permissible for an employee to claim that their manager is absent or busy at the manager's request to avoid unwanted visitors, and what is the Islamic ruling on this, considering the risk of losing one's job if one refuses?
Is it permissible to take an 8% commission on the completion of certain deals and works, in addition to a fixed monthly salary?
What is the ruling on the state's refusal to refund amounts deducted from employees' salaries between 1986 and 2003, and forcing them to pay this value to a company chosen by the employee?
What is the ruling on working in an engineering company as a representative of the owner, given that there are contractors submitting bids, if the questions include: 1. Is it permissible for an employee to enter as a subcontractor with the lowest price, provided all conditions are met? 2. If the price of the main contractors is 200 riyals per meter, and a contractor bids at 170 riyals for the company and 10 riyals for the employee for supervision, what is the ruling on that? 3. What is the ruling on an employee leaving during official working hours to work on a private project in which he is a partner, with the knowledge of the manager, despite no negligence in his original work? 4. Is it permissible to waive a project in which I was a competitor to another contractor in exchange for a commission, despite working as both an employee and a contractor for the owner?
Is it permissible to pay $500 and 10% of the monthly salary to someone who secures a job?