Permissible Occupations
600 questions
What is the ruling on money earned from working in a clinic while being absent from official duty without the administration's knowledge? Is it permissible to spend it on children and relatives? Is it permissible to keep money left behind by patients? Is it permissible to pay money to the supervising doctor in exchange for opening a private office, renting a room, or giving him a percentage of the income?
Is it permissible to resign from the current job, in which one does not actually report for duty, knowing that there are car installments under a Murabaha contract that end after one year, and is it necessary to wait until the car's value is paid off?
What is the ruling on accounting work that involves reporting workers as absent when they are not, or reporting them as having absconded while the accountant knows of their innocence, in addition to collecting monthly sums from them in exchange for not reporting them, and is the salary earned from this work permissible or impermissible?
Is it permissible to take a small amount from the gratuity—which employees collect and divide equally—to compensate for theft committed by some colleagues, given the employer's refusal to intervene?
What is the ruling on working in a government hospital by attending three out of six days, with the head of the department signing for the remaining days, and receiving a full salary, in light of the Directorate's demand for full attendance? Is the alternative full commitment or working for half pay in exchange for half-time?
What is the ruling on working as a receptionist in a nursing home that serves alcohol to its residents, knowing that the nature of the job does not involve any direct handling of the alcohol?
What is the ruling on veterinarians taking produce from farms they visit for work, and is it permissible for them to reduce service fees in exchange for this produce, and when is it lawful for them to accept gifts from farm owners and workers?
Is it permissible for your husband to market sexual stimulants online for a commission on sales, given the absence of a fixed salary?
Is it permissible to leave a comfortable engineering job and isolate oneself to seek Islamic knowledge, and what are the alternative occupations that provide time for religion and secure one's livelihood?
What is the ruling on financial transactions, such as commissions, gifts, and tips, that occur between hotel staff, tourism companies, and clients, in exchange for providing hotel rooms during crowded seasons, or for transferring bookings to specific tourism companies even when direct booking is possible?
Are the funds that the husband obtained as a result of exploiting a flaw in the telecommunications company's system permissible for him, under the claim that the company deducts amounts of money from his salary without a just cause?
Is taking what is rightfully yours surreptitiously considered theft or a triumph of justice, if the manager is unjust and has deprived the employee of promotions despite his deserving them?
Must an employee who was unjustly exempted from work for 20 years return the salaries he received during that period?
Is it permissible to benefit from the money of a father who earned it from his work in a usurious loan company? And is a university degree obtained with this money considered unlawful? And how can one get rid of the afflictions and calamities resulting from unlawful earnings?
Is it permissible to remain in the usurious provident fund and take the amount after retirement and donate its interests, and what is the ruling on the continuation of mandatory deductions even in the case of resignation, and is it obligatory to leave this government job?
Is providing free food to hospital staff responsible for transferring calls to the restaurant considered a bribe, and is the questioner sinful if he is the one who reports this food, and what is the ruling on the salary he receives from this work?
What is the ruling on working for a company where product offers are sold to a wholesaler for a commission?
Is it permissible to give the remaining checks to the sponsoring partner who has not yet received his dues, after a dispute over the division of losses in a company and the separation of the partners?
Is it permissible for a purchasing agent to keep the excess money that the shop owner returns to him, especially since this money cannot be returned to the company and he spends it on work expenses?
Is subscribing to an employee savings fund permissible, where the university deducts a certain amount from the salary and adds double that amount, which is then invested for the university's benefit, with a guarantee of refunding the added amount (double) after five years or at the end of service? Is this permissible or usury (riba)?
What is the ruling on using and disseminating knowledge, data, and other properties obtained through stolen internet, and is the salary earned from a job that relies on this knowledge considered unlawful, and should accounts related to it be closed, and is repentance for this accepted?
What is permissible for this person to take from the money found in the curtain, and does he have the right to claim compensation from the owners of the money for damages he incurred, and is it permissible for him to take a compensatory amount by mutual agreement, and is it permissible for the mediator to take the difference between the lawyer's actual fee and the amount he reported to the owners of the money?
Is it obligatory to leave medical school for one who cheated on its exams and in the general secondary examination that qualified him to enter it, given that the grades of all years are counted in the total aggregate, and based on a previous fatwa by Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen that consideration is given to the final year? Does this fatwa apply to the aforementioned case?
What is the ruling on working in a factory that adds raw materials which reduce the quality of the product without informing the customer, and asks the employee to conceal this matter?