Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Does work built upon a certificate obtained through bribery become permissible years later, after repentance, remorse, and mastering the work, following a previous fatwa that allowed it?
Is it permissible to work in a restaurant that serves pork and other foods, knowing that the nature of the work involves preparing sandwiches and wearing gloves?
What is the ruling on working for a company that imposes corrupt conditions on its clients, such as a "bank guarantee letter" and "late payment penalty," and what is the ruling on the salary, incentives, and profits from this company? And does proof of the client's receipt of products fall under cooperating in sin and aggression, given the existence of bribes between some employees and clients that do not affect the receipts dealt with in the job?
What is the ruling on the salary received by a chronically ill government employee whom the higher authority at his workplace permitted to work two days a week, and whose direct manager exempted him from any work, while the higher authority specified a certain amount of work for him?
Is there any suspicion or sin in the high monthly salary received by an employee in an oil company, in exchange for few tasks he performs in his specialization in information technology, and is it better to leave this job despite the difficulty of finding an alternative with the same high income?
Is it permissible for a government employee to take his salary through an overdraft from the bank in the event that the salary has not been deposited?
Is it permissible for the primary individual who receives the social security pension on behalf of his orphaned siblings to take his own share of this pension without the knowledge of his siblings or their guardian, knowing that some of his siblings are minors?
Is it permissible to receive a salary from working at a usurious bank during the summer, knowing that the employee's bank account is with an Islamic bank?
What is the ruling on opening a store to rent out video tapes, including those that are indecent, those that are purposeful, and children's cartoons? Is it obligatory to close it? What is the ruling on the money earned from it and the ruling on the work of an employee in it?
Is working in the manufacture of discs that may contain unlawful content, albeit in a small proportion, permissible or forbidden, and what is the ruling on what has passed, and is it obligatory to leave it immediately or upon finding an alternative, and does giving away a proportion of the unlawful earnings from the salary as charity make it permissible?
Is it permissible to offer a bribe to get a job under the difficult economic conditions in Palestine, and what is the legitimate role required of Arab countries regarding the provision of jobs for Palestinians?
Is working in a mixed-gender sports club – despite dealing only with men and seeing women – unlawful (haram), and is the money earned from it unlawful (haram)?
What is the ruling concerning the certificate and salary obtained by the questioner, if the research for it was printed at the expense of his colleague's father's employer, and possibly without their permission, despite the questioner's attempt to avoid that?
Is it permissible to take the data of customers who reject the company's high prices and contact them to offer the same services at lower prices outside the scope of the company, and would this be considered a breach of trust?
Is it permissible to receive a salary from a job whose contract requires the age to be 18 years or older, when the actual age is less, and the age will be falsified in the documents?
Is the salary I receive permissible, given that I work one hour a day and there is no work due to the project's completion, knowing that I am registered with social insurance and they benefit from my name?
What is the ruling on working in a field that sometimes promotes mixed-gender events and sometimes does not? Is it obligatory to leave it? And is it sufficient to donate a portion of the salary to purify the money?
Is it permissible to take an advance salary for an unemployed young man who has accepted a government job but has not yet started it, knowing that he returned a previous salary for fear of falling into the unlawful?
Is the salary received permissible, knowing that the promotion to school principal was intended to silence union demands, and success in the inspection competition was achieved through nepotism?
Is giving money to an employee responsible for maintenance work in a school, after submitting a bid lower than competitors, considered a bribe, knowing that the one who paid the money did not add it to the bid, and that the employee stipulated it for the work to be awarded to him, and is that considered an urgent necessity for the work to continue?
Is it forbidden to receive a salary from two companies for the same three days, knowing that I was absent from the first company during these days, and I considered this a compensation for entitlements (overtime and medical expenses) that I did not receive from the first company?
Is it permissible for a father to take a portion of the monthly salary allocated for his orphaned children and their siblings without their knowledge of the amount taken, while giving the remainder to their mother due to her guardianship over them, or must they be informed?
What is the ruling on the money of an employee who is absent from work while his colleagues sign for him, and he receives a salary, and what is the ruling on the food, clothes, and furniture bought with this money? And do the children bear any sin for eating, drinking, dressing, and being educated from this money?
Is money paid to reinstate an employee to his previous position, through an influential person, considered a bribe, and does the money earned by the employee in this position become unlawful?