Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Is converting salary from Saudi Riyals to Sudanese Pounds – with the difference in exchange rate – considered usury?
Is there a sin upon an employee who prints statements with the names of seconded employees who do not show up for work, knowing that his work is limited to printing only and he has no involvement in the matter?
Is it permissible to work with a company like Uber, under its system in which there is no actual contract between the driver and the company, and in which the company sets the price of the ride and deducts a 25% commission, bears no losses incurred by the driver, and considers drivers partners in name only?
What is the ruling on the money I previously took in exchange for an increase in commodity prices, and is it permissible for me to take an increase on the prices of commodities that I sell to my brother's customers through my Facebook page?
What is the ruling on the salary of an employee who works for a company that mixes lawful with unlawful, and is it permissible for him to remain in the job if leaving it would lead to harm to his family?
Is taking a sum of money in exchange for mediating the rental of a closed shop attached to a house considered bribery?
What is the ruling on this sale, and is it permissible to deduct from the monthly salary to pay the remaining amount?
Is it permissible to take the amount deducted from the salary due to a delay of seconds and minutes, which led to the deduction of half a workday, knowing that it was not deducted previously, and there are others who were delayed more and no deduction was made from them?
Is it permissible for me to receive a private financial compensation for some of the transactions I perform at my job, without the knowledge of my employer, especially since I exert special effort in them and these transactions are discretionary?
Is it permissible to take a sum of money or participate in the capital of a contractor who has been nominated to work for a company, knowing that the company owner is the one who agrees upon the prices?
Is it permissible to state the deserved salary instead of the current salary when applying for a new job, especially since the determination of the new salary depends on the current salary?
Is a pharmacist's selling of free medical samples – after erasing any indication that they are free – unlawful, and must an employee quit their job because of it?
What is the ruling on money earned from working with a high school diploma, some of the exams for which were cheated on? And is working with it considered a breach of a covenant with Allah? What is the ruling on using this diploma to obtain higher degrees and work with them?
Is it permissible to donate the salary of a month in which one was absent from work?
What is the ruling on working on designs for a dermatology and laser clinic that offers medical and cosmetic services, and is the salary earned from this work permissible?
What is the ruling on an employee eating and drinking from the products of the government factories where he works, given that a meal allowance is included in his monthly salary?
Is it permissible to advertise a job with a non-existent monthly salary, with the aim of encouraging young people to read and plan their lives, and contribute to the advancement of the nation?
Is the employee who issues a salary breakdown statement to employees who use it to take out usurious loans sinful, knowing that this is part of the nature of his work?
What is the ruling on working to design a program that allows viewing movies and TV series, when only designing the interface and colors, and is it permissible to leave a job for its sake?
Is it permissible for an employee to take consumables of negligible value, such as milk, tea, coffee, and tissues, from an American computer company that has not paid him his salary for 11 months, in order to compensate for a part of his usurped right?
Is money acquired from raising the rental value of cars leased to companies, in order to increase the salaries of employees and drivers due to their insufficiency and work pressure, permissible?
Is it permissible to benefit from the financial amounts paid under the name of "overtime and night shifts" in a government job, knowing that no actual overtime is performed and the actual night work is much less than what is calculated?
What is the ruling on working in Sharia courts that judge between Muslims according to Sharia, and between the People of the Book according to their own laws, given the existence of cases involving the attribution of paternity to an adulterer? And what is the ruling on the salary from these courts?
Is money earned from helping an engineering office design a project for my company, in exchange for half of their fee, permissible or forbidden, given that the owner of the company did not ask me to do so, and it is not part of my basic job, and this does not harm the employer but rather benefits him?