Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Is it permissible to combine a fixed salary with a 10% share of annual profits in exchange for management and development, and is this considered Mudarabah?
Is it permissible to work as an accountant for a company that manages the accounts of a restaurant selling alcohol, knowing that the nature of the work requires entering alcohol invoices into the accounting system, and can a portion of the salary be donated to charities to make the earnings lawful?
Is it permissible to take from the company's trust to compensate for a meal allowance that was unjustly deducted, or is it better to leave it to avoid doubts?
Is it permissible for an employee to accept money from those whose transactions he completes without request or insinuation, and is that considered a bribe, especially given the fatwa of some allowing it as charity for the poor employee?
Is it permissible for a man suffering from hepatic ascites to obtain renewable monthly leaves, and permanent leave with full salary and benefits throughout his career?
Is an employee entitled to reclaim a salary difference that was deducted retroactively and without prior agreement?
Is an employee who has not yet started work entitled to a four-month salary, and if not, is it permissible for him to take this amount and pay it to the institute for its benefit, knowing that the education sector is the one that disburses salaries?
A) When is traveling 160-260 km for work considered a secondment, when is its duration calculated, and is there a specific distance for it? B) Is it permissible to submit a secondment request for five days for a visit to another city that only takes one or two days? C) Is it permissible to calculate five days of secondment per month for a project 150 km away, and treat the travel time to and from home as normal working hours, without calculating overtime?
Is the percentage agreed upon with a security guard for him to leave his job for me—with my prior intention to donate a tenth of my wealth if Allah grants me a job—considered charity or a bribe? And what is the ruling on this action?
Is a government employee entitled to receive their salary while on a study leave abroad?
What is the ruling on money taken by the questioner from his company with the intention of returning it, but he has not returned it after his repentance? And does the ruling differ if he is unable to return it directly, or if his colleague took money in his name, or if the company delayed in paying his salaries, or breached the end-of-service bonus contract, or is on the verge of bankruptcy?
Is the target system (setting a specific sales goal to be achieved within a defined period, with the threat of dismissal upon failure to achieve it, or deferring some sales representatives' sales to the following month for fear of increasing the target) permissible or forbidden, and is it considered a predetermination of livelihood?
Is it permissible to work for an employer who vouched for me with information he does not know about me, and is the money earned from this work lawful?
What is the ruling on the "non-invested" savings plan at Aramco, in which the company provides a bonus proportional to years of service, and the amount is collected in a trust fund that is not invested, and from which the employee is permitted to withdraw and then repay it as a Qard Hasan (benevolent loan)?
Is it permissible to lie to my employer regarding my responsibility for breaking the truck's windshield in order to evade accountability?
Is money earned from a government job impermissible, and is it obligatory to resign from it, if the appointment was based on the condition of practical training to acquire the required competency for the job?
What is the ruling on working in a restaurant that serves pork and alcohol out of necessity, and is the questioner sinful for not informing his family that his brother's money is unlawful, and what is the ruling on working in lawful projects for a brother who knows that his money is unlawful?
What is my duty towards a Christian employer who fabricates medical test results without conducting them, and do I sin by remaining in this job?
Is it permissible for an employee working in a company that deals with bribery, whose office is separate from the bribery activities, and who specializes in importing electronic devices, to keep his job and accept incentives whose source is bribery?
Is it permissible to work in the accounting department of a company that manages restaurants selling alcohol, knowing that the department is separate from the restaurants and there is no other job available with the same good salary?
Is working in the general administration of a chain of stores that sell alcohol permissible or forbidden, knowing that the employee extracts the transaction figures for each department, including alcohol, and presents them to the administration in the form of a comparison with the previous year's figures, along with explanations for any decrease and suggestions to avoid it, but commits not to offer any suggestions regarding alcohol?
What is the ruling on an accountant paying for breakfast and lunch invoices for the auditing team at his workplace, based on instructions from others and not from him personally?
Is a person obligated to resign if he receives a salary from an office job where he performs no tasks and his absence does not affect the interests of the people?
Is it permissible for an employee who works as a computer department manager in a company and buys devices for his personal account with a commission, to buy devices for his company and take a commission from the seller?