Permissible Occupations
600 questions
What is the ruling on working in a job that requires writing down usury and meeting women without a mahram and mixing with unveiled women in the workplace? And is there a legal basis for preferring trade over being an employee?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman with special needs, who has obtained employment, to continue receiving two salaries from the state: one an old grant and the other her new job's salary? And is her collecting of both salaries considered permissible in Islamic law?
Is it permissible for me to work in a company that has started selling prohibited items like pork and alcohol, knowing that my job is not directly related to the sale of these products?
How can a Muslim employee deal with requests from their manager that violate Sharia, and how can they avoid getting into this situation from the outset?
Is it permissible to offer a job to an employee who is settled in another company, with a higher salary, and is that considered as "selling over the sale of a Muslim"?
Is it religiously permissible to obtain a Master's degree in Computer Science from American universities after evaluating one's CV and experience, knowing that the current salary is insufficient and the intentions are to improve one's career status and livelihood without deception, and that scientific proficiency is necessary for working with this certificate?
Does a female employee's departure half an hour or more before the end of official working hours, with her manager's permission, affect the permissibility of the salary she receives for full-time work?
Is it permissible for an employee to benefit from a budget allocated for official assignments, knowing that he did not undertake them, and benefits from it in appreciation of his efforts or as compensation for his limited salary?
What is the ruling on the salary earned from a data entry job in a cooperative's store that includes prohibited goods such as cigarettes, and how is the unlawful portion of it calculated? And is it permissible to delegate someone to provide food for expiation of a broken oath in Egypt, or must the feeding take place in the current country of residence?
Is it necessary to inform the employer about using his laptop bag for another company, knowing that it will not be damaged and that the questioner wishes to repent?
Is it permissible to rent a shop and equip it, then lease it to a resident foreigner, giving him the choice between working for a salary or otherwise, knowing that this is systematically prohibited in Saudi Arabia?
Is working in customer service for a chain of stores that sells alcoholic beverages permissible or forbidden, knowing that the nature of the work does not involve selling them, but rather helping customers track and cancel orders and schedule delivery appointments?
What is the ruling on obtaining a medical report for study purposes for a period of 10 days with the knowledge and approval of the official in charge, knowing that such a report is not usually granted for this duration, and is it permissible to be absent with administrative permission while donating the value of the days of absence to an endowment or a charitable organization?
Is it permissible for an engineer to be paid for renting out his annual allowed shares in design to another engineering office, while not practicing his profession and dedicating his time to another job?
Is paying a sum of money for an early medical check-up to be able to go to work and avoid a deduction from one's salary considered bribery?
What is the ruling on someone who manages a company owned by individuals who have dealt with usurious banks, and what are the limits of his responsibility for money from which he owns nothing but his salary, and when is he responsible for the usury that may be attached to this money?
Is it permissible not to pay the 500 Riyals agreed upon with the friend after the employer breached the terms of the agreement?
Is it permissible to donate the pension of a deceased father, which a mentally and physically disabled sister receives, to another sister who is experiencing financial hardship, given that the disabled sister is not in need of this pension?
Is it permissible for a retired man who receives a pension and supports a family to work another government job and receive its salary, knowing that the country's law prohibits dual salaries?
Is it permissible to keep an amount that was mistakenly added to the salary, especially since the salary is low and does not reflect the effort expended, and previous notifications to the company have been ineffective?
Is taking 5% of the payment commission allocated to a third party considered unlawful (haram), given that the employer is aware of the change in the nature of the amount from a bank tax to a personal commission, and without requesting the percentage from the financier?
Is it permissible for an employee who works at an internet cafe and purchases goods for the company with its money to add a profit margin to the price of the goods he buys?
Is offering to sell cars to employees, where the bank provides a facility of 15 months' worth of salary to the employee, with a repayment period ranging from 6 to 60 months, and the amount is repaid in fixed monthly installments (such as an installment of EGP 232.68 for 60 months for an amount of EGP 10,000), considered usury (riba)?
Is it permissible to use ready-made answers from a friend for a small work task in order to get a promotion to a larger job with a higher salary?