Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Is it permissible for an employee to take a monthly sum from workers he has brought to the company, without the company's knowledge, in exchange for providing them with work?
Is the salary a young man receives from his work in a shop that sells building materials, whose goods are imported illegally and whose owner bribes the police, permissible or impermissible? And is the extra money his employer gives him, beyond his salary, permissible or impermissible?
What is the expiation for cheating on exams, and is it necessary to inform the course professor, or is repentance sufficient?
What is the ruling concerning a sum of money that appeared in an employee's salary instead of an allowance, in a case where the company originally deprives him of two allowances he is entitled to?
Is it permissible to work in a hotel where alcohol is sold, provided one is limited to serving only permissible foods and beverages, and to record the number of alcoholic drinks in inventory without touching or selling them?
What is the ruling on working in Iraq, or Iraqi Kurdistan, or accepting any other job offers in Iraq, knowing that refusing job offers leads to losing one's job?
Is it permissible for a female employee to waive usurious benefits deposited in the university's savings fund, allowing the university to dispose of them, given her knowledge that if she did not waive them, she could take them and distribute them to the poor?
What is the ruling on sending final accounts to the employer stating that the bank account is not deficient, knowing that an amount has been withdrawn from the branch to pay bills for other branches, and the deputy manager promised to return the amount later?
What is the ruling on a husband who is a teacher going on strike from teaching and thereby harming students, and is his salary lawful, and is the wife sinful if she spends from it?
Is it permissible to benefit from Dubai Islamic Bank's "Salary in Advance" service, which allows for receiving a portion of the salary in advance for an administrative fee of 100 AED, provided that the amount is automatically deducted upon the transfer of the salary from the employer?
What is the ruling on the salary of an employee who spies on his colleagues and reports their news to the manager?
Is it permissible to continue working for an employer who owns a cigarette company, if I am asked to design packaging for their products, knowing that my salary comes from another of his businesses (engineering consultancy) and not directly from the cigarette company, and that my refusal to design might affect my job?
What is the ruling on the money of a teacher who feels he succeeded through bribery, even though he was unaware of it, and is it permissible for him to continue in his work, or should he leave it and give his money in charity?
Is the salary received by a manager considered permissible if he does not fully perform his job duties, but rather spends his time browsing the internet under the pretext of giving employees freedom of action?
Is it permissible to continue working at the Central Bank of Kuwait in the Economic Research Department, knowing that the department's work is not related to usury, and is the earned salary halal? What should the employee do if it is not possible to leave the job immediately?
Is it permissible to charge the company for the cost of a computer that was lost from a company car by claiming additional work hours without the employer's knowledge, especially after it was decided that the driver would bear part of the responsibility but he denied it, and the employer delayed in deducting the cost from him?
Is what transpired in the job interview regarding working with banks considered a binding contractual condition, and what are the implications of that? Is the wage forbidden if the contract includes a void or unlawful condition, even though the current work is permissible? Is it permissible to continue working if the department I work in is permissible, while other departments deal with banks?
Is it permissible to accept a job advertised by a government company, given that I passed the general knowledge exam without being questioned by the examiner, while meeting all other job requirements?
What is the ruling on working as a secretary or clerk in the Egyptian Public Prosecution, which operates under man-made law and not Islamic Sharia, in terms of salary, permissibility, and impermissibility?
What is the reason for the difference between the wording of the displayed question and the wording of the original question posed by the enquirer in consultation number 2332012?
Is the salary received from working at the airport unlawful, knowing that part of the airport's income comes from rents of shops that sell alcohol and cigarettes? And is facilitating procedures for tourists who do not adhere to Sharia considered cooperation in sin?
Is working for an institution or company affiliated with a state that does not rule by what Allah has revealed considered one of the nullifiers of Islam, rendering its doer an apostate?
What is the ruling regarding my relative working as an accountant in a women's salon that performs acts contrary to Islamic law, such as plucking eyebrows, knowing that she advised the owner of the salon to no avail?
Is it permissible to leave one's job to devote oneself to the home, husband, and memorization of the Qur'an, knowing that the husband desires his wife to work, that their financial situation is moderate, and that there is mixing at work and crowded and bothersome transportation?