Permissible Occupations
600 questions
What is the ruling on the salary of an engineer who was accepted for a job based on ten years of experience mentioned in his CV, which is incorrect? And what should he do with his money if his salary is unlawful?
Is it permissible for a female student to submit a forged medical certificate for one of her parents in order to be absent from a subject's exam, and then obtain a grade in it later? And would the appointment or job resulting from this grade be unlawful (haram)?
Is it permissible for two individuals to form a partnership to share what one earns from his painting work and what the other earns from his teaching job, given the differences in the nature of the work and its future, such as the retirement pension?
Is it permissible to remain in a job at a usurious bank for an additional six years to benefit from a scholarship and receive a large financial compensation, while there is a job opportunity with a much lower income that is not enough to meet one's needs?
Is it permissible to take money designated for food and save it without spending it, knowing that the employer provides it in addition to the salary?
Is it obligatory to go to the daily training location for salary analysis, knowing that the number of trainees is incomplete, there is no work to be done there, that the official has permitted non-attendance except upon contact, and that the other trainees do not adhere to daily attendance?
Is it permissible to take money from the company fund without the partner's knowledge, given that the father has given permission for it, and is this money considered lawful?
What is the ruling on receiving a salary during a one-month verbal leave from work, knowing that it is a legally deserved leave? If the salary is not permissible, is it permissible to use part of it to cover the costs of virus tests due to work circumstances and then donate the rest?
What is the ruling on the work of a man who applied for a position as a mosque attendant, but his salary goes to another worker who cleans the mosque and opens and closes it, knowing that this arrangement has been ongoing for more than five years, and if the man leaves his job, the mosque will be harmed? What should he do in this regard?
Is the financial amount given to a public employee after he facilitates a certain public service considered a bribe?
Is it Islamically permissible to continue working at a usurious bank while attempting to highlight the downsides of usurious loans and recommend Islamic alternatives, or must one leave, especially given the availability of another job with a better salary?
Is it permissible to seek help from an "acquaintance" to win a position in a recruitment competition, and is that considered depriving another person of their right?
Is it permissible to remain in a job that involves changing the expiry dates of ink and selling counterfeit products, knowing that this is unlawful, and does the ruling differ if I refuse to participate in these practices or if I am asked to carry them out?
Is it permissible for me, as a Muslim woman who wears the khimar, to uncover my face when submitting official documents for employment in orphanages or centers for the disabled, where the job requires the relevant employee to see my personal photograph?
Is it permissible to open a blacksmith shop under another person's name, where that person equips and operates the shop in exchange for a fixed monthly sum paid to the owner of the name?
Is it permissible to work a second, illicit job, knowing that the social welfare [department] will deduct from my salary if it finds out?
Is the salary of a teacher whose work is limited to two classes per week and one supervisory day, while he spends the rest of the days merely signing in, lawful or unlawful?
Is what the questioner did forbidden, and is the money he earned throughout this period forbidden, knowing that the daily wage is calculated via this card?
Is one who pays a bribe on behalf of his manager sinful, and is his money unlawful, and should he leave the job or continue in it?
What is the ruling on the remaining money from my previous job in my bank account after moving to another job and stopping the first one?
Is it permissible to leave a job in a mixed-gender government hospital, specifically in the surgical operations department, when the employee is in debt?
Is my work as a quality manager in a lighting product assembly company, which sometimes involves removing the original country of origin and replacing it with another at the manager's request, permissible in Islamic law? And is the salary I receive lawful, especially since I only conduct tests and review data, and I have significant family obligations?
Is it permissible to replace the contents of the hotel refrigerator that have been consumed with others purchased from outside, given their exorbitant prices?
Did Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy on him, issue a fatwa in 1995 permitting the shaving of the beard for someone whose employer stipulates it, despite the presence of the hadiths "There is no obedience to a created being in disobedience to the Creator" and "Obedience is only in what is right," and the noble verse: "And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect"? If so, what is his evidence?