Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Is the entire salary of a deceased person who left children rightfully theirs, or do his parents have the right to take half of it?
Is it permissible, from a Sharia perspective, to benefit from a paid course through someone else's account without the knowledge of the course owner? And if this is done, is it considered an ongoing sin, and is the salary earned as a result of it unlawful?
What is the ruling on working for a marketing research company that involves reviewing customer service evaluation questionnaires for usurious banks – with the emphasis that the questions are unrelated to usury – and submitting reports to cosmetic companies and tourist resorts that include evaluating customer satisfaction with nocturnal parties at the resort? And is it permissible to continue in this work out of necessity until another alternative is found?
Did he truly fulfill his obligation, he who left his work without permission, then took leave for the number of hours he spent outside of work, knowing that he was fully present at his work during this leave, and that a day of leave has the same pay as a day of work?
What is the ruling on taking a percentage of donations, ranging from 20% to 35%, as administrative and operational expenses without the donor's knowledge?
Is absence from medical internship, where no scientific benefit is gained, considered unlawful (haram), making the earned salary unlawful (haram)? And is signing the attendance sheet on behalf of an absent person considered bearing false witness? Does the ruling differ if the absent person is ill or has an excuse?
Is it permissible for the questioner's father to repay the amount disbursed to him by mistake in monthly installments while retaining half of the remaining amount, knowing that his father is elderly and has limited income?
Is money earned from working at a foreign company permissible or forbidden, knowing that I took sick leave from my first job to justify my absence?
Is it permissible for a government employee to exploit raw materials available from projects for personal use under the pretext of a low salary?
Is it permissible to work cleaning bathrooms and tidying beds in a hotel in Sweden, knowing that the salary is paid by a cleaning company and not directly by the hotel?
Is obtaining a fraudulent certificate of experience to work as a medical laboratory specialist, knowing that there is actual work experience and the employer's approval, and that it is only to complete procedures, forbidden in Islam, and is the money earned from this job forbidden?
Is it permissible for a teacher to cheat on mandatory professional examinations if his job depends on it, and is it permissible for the supervisor to overlook that, and is the money resulting from the professional bonus obtained in this manner lawful (halal)?
Is it permissible for a working wife to quit her job if she feels that her husband is coveting her salary, and she wishes to allocate her salary for her personal expenses?
What is the ruling on supplicating for a specific request, such as, "O Lord, decree this job for me and place good therein for me," without saying, "if there is good for me in it"?
Is money earned by a mother who works as a nurse and is absent from her work without permission or necessity, then spends it on her family, considered illicit money, and is her work considered cooperation in sin?
What is the ruling on taking a financial increase agreed upon secretly between an employee and a restaurant manager, without the knowledge of the owner, and is this increase permissible?
Is it permissible to take the deserved payment for overtime hours without the employer's knowledge, after he refused to pay or compensate for them, knowing that he used to pay less than what was agreed upon and less than what engineers are paid, and that he was well-off?
Is it Islamically permissible to take some types of food supplies from the hotel where I work, given the lack of promotion despite deserving it, the low salary, the high cost of living, and having five dependents to support?
Is it permissible to withdraw from accepting a new job offer after giving one's word to a recruitment company, and accepting a counter-offer from the current company, knowing that the actual signing of the contract has not yet taken place?
Is it permissible for a pharmacist to continue with a work arrangement that does not take up all of her time, while receiving a full salary, and then give a portion of it to Allah to purify the remainder? If so, what is the amount of this portion? And what is the ruling concerning the salaries she has received previously?
Is it permissible to work temporarily in a company that imports cigarettes and tobacco to pay off debts and cover expenses, and to obtain academic qualifications that would help in finding another job in the field of computers with a better salary, knowing that the current job is not enough to meet the increasing living expenses and help the family?
Is paying money to pass an exam considered a bribe, and would the money earned from a job obtained in this manner be unlawful?
Does working as a secretary for a company that sells prohibited goods, such as alcohol and cigarettes, make the salary unlawful, especially given that I have an infant daughter and no other provider? And what should I do regarding this job?
Is it permissible to pay a sum of money to an employee at the Authority to change my job classification to match the job title at the hospital, in order to enable me to obtain the deserved promotions, especially since the date I obtained my certificate precedes the Authority's new decisions?