Permissible Occupations
600 questions
What is the ruling on growing a beard, and is it permissible to trim or shorten it? What is the ruling on obeying parents if they ask one to shave or trim it to secure a job and avoid security suspicions? Are there cases of necessity that permit shortening it?
Is it impermissible (haram) or permissible (halal) to act as an intermediary between a job seeker and employees on a website, such that a company or individual requests a design, then employees express their desire to create this design, and the intermediary website selects the employee?
Does the first fatwa regarding the permissibility of intercession for employment contradict the second fatwa which differentiates between the public and private sectors? Are the examples mentioned by Sheikh Zaid Al-Ghannam for good intercession correct? Is it permissible for the intercessor and the interceded-for to show preference in intercession, and to what extent is the Sheikh's argumentation for that valid?
Is it permissible for a financially able and employed father to demand his single daughter's salary, or a portion of it, given that she is pursuing postgraduate studies and her job is not permanent?
Is it permissible for an employee (with a fixed salary), who is not registered with social insurance or the public pension agency, to receive and disburse the "Hafiz" program amount after answering "no" to the question "Are you employed?"
What is the ruling on working for a government contracting company that inflates the cost of invoices and pays differences to engineers representing government entities? Is the salary earned from this company permissible? And what is the ruling on signing these invoices?
Is it permissible for a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder to ask God for a light job that suits their medical condition?
Is it Islamically permissible to deal with a housing finance transaction that includes financing up to 75%, with installments not exceeding 10 years, and approximately 40% of the salary being deducted?
Is the brother who works in a supervisory capacity over construction companies sinful for interceding to secure his brother a job in one of the companies he oversees, and then they—in addition to their third brother—undertake finishing works for that company and similar companies?
What is the ruling on the aforementioned act that achieves a material benefit for the waiter?
Is money earned from increasing the price of goods offered to the manager, or from a percentage from the supplier, considered unlawful, whether the manager knows or not, in the event that procuring goods is not among the basic duties of the job?
Would I be sinful or subject to suspicion regarding my salary, or be considered an accomplice in squandering public funds, given that my job is limited to closing accounts based on data provided to me from the workflow, recording them in ledgers, and preparing monthly revenue statements, while another employee determines the areas and prices, which may include favors and discounts for some farmers?
Is the salary received by the brother considered permissible, knowing that he has been suspended from work for a year due to his financial problems, but the manager has not dismissed him and continues to pay his salary to discipline him, and is it permissible to take from this money in case of need?
What is the ruling on my work reviewing the revenue records of a company affiliated with my sponsor, if it includes a shisha item, knowing that I am compelled to this work and cannot find another job in my country?
What is the ruling on the money that your brother receives from his work after claiming an injury at work when he was not injured during work, and what is the ruling on your eating from what he buys with this money?
Is it obligatory to inquire about how the fiancée obtained her job (whether through bribery or mediation), despite feeling embarrassed to ask such a question, and what is the ruling on the salary in this case?
What is the ruling on working in a usurious bank for 26 years, given the impossibility of finding another job and the existence of housing loans tied to the position, which could lead to losing one's home and homelessness if the job is left? Is the sin lessened by working in another department of the bank that does not deal with loans? Is the family sinful due to this work?
Is money earned from working in the sale of goods claimed to be Italian, while they are not, permissible or forbidden?
What is the ruling on working as an employee or a teacher in private universities and colleges that pay their employees' salaries from late fees imposed on students for not paying tuition fees on time?
Is it permissible, Islamically, for a person to receive his military salary without working, and is this money considered lawful or unlawful? And is it permissible to give it to his orphaned brother to spend on his studies if he refrains from spending it on his family?
Is donating a quarter of one's salary considered an arduous and unnecessary commitment, or is it a positive act that contributes to society?
What is the ruling on working at an x-ray center that requires bringing in doctors to send cases to the center in exchange for a monthly commission, knowing that doctors force patients to go to the center and raise prices to cover their commission, and is it permissible to leave this job if the salary is tied to it?
Is the salary of an employee who prepares memos for the Board of Directors of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, which discusses issues such as imposing fees, registering antiquities, defining protected areas, entering archaeological sites after official working hours, and holding parties therein, permissible, mixed, or forbidden?
Is it permissible for an employee to furnish their government department with devices at market price?