Permissible Occupations
600 questions
Is it permissible to use a personal credit card to purchase the needs of one's employer, and to pay the bank the cash amount received for that purpose, in order to benefit from the accumulated airline ticket points?
Is my salary permissible, taking into account the mentioned costs and details? And does giving 100,0 dinars in charity purify it? And is the loan I took permissible, and how much of it must I give in charity for it to be permissible?
What is the husband's share of his wife's salary, and is he entitled to demand it?
What is the ruling on disposing of surplus money from the salary that was not deducted during a study abroad scholarship, given the inability to return it?
Is it permissible to modify a course material required by a certain employer, knowing that its modification does not affect the grading of the course, the certificate itself, or subsequent ones, and that not modifying it might prevent acceptance for the job, and there is an urgent need for it?
Is the money received by the wife's father from an investor who sells a security device to the governmental electricity company considered a bribe, whether he is a partner of the investor or not, and is it permissible to accept gifts from him if his money is from a bribe?
Is it permissible for a government employee in one of the ministries, who receives his monthly salary from the Ministry of Finance, to use this salary for expenses and other needs, given that he does not know whether its source is lawful, unlawful, or mixed?
Is it permissible for an employee to purchase materials and then sell them to his company at a higher price without the knowledge of its management, knowing that the company buys the same materials at a similar or lower price?
Is money earned from working in a company whose manager resorts to forging invoices to pay less customs duties permissible or forbidden, and must one leave this company?
Is it permissible to eat from a vow designated for the poor and needy, and is it permissible for someone who helps in the distribution to eat from it, knowing that the vow is "2 sheep, cooked, to be distributed among the poor and needy," and it will be fulfilled after the first salary from the vowed job?
Is the financial compensation I received after breaking my nose in a work accident permissible or forbidden?
Is a person's work considered unlawful if they obtained it through lying and falsifying facts in the interview, which may deprive another deserving person of the job?
What is the ruling on opening a current account to receive salary, given the presence of annual deductions and withdrawal fees from other banks? Is this permissible or prohibited?
What is the ruling on using a credit card from a usurious bank, which is granted without a commission for the first year, and without any increase on purchases when 100% of the balance is paid, but with a 4% addition on cash withdrawals?
Is the questioner obligated to continue in his job, in which he later discovered he had committed an act whose حرمة (unlawfulness/prohibition) he had not realized at the time, or must he leave it, or inform the employer of his act, or is repentance sufficient, and is what he spent from this salary on sadaqat (charity) for the poor and needy acceptable?
What is the ruling on subscribing to a supplementary pension scheme that deducts 35 days annually from the salary, with the company supplementing it by a certain percentage, and a monthly amount being disbursed to the employee for 10 years upon reaching retirement age, or to the heirs in full, along with its proceeds, in the event of death; and what should one do if compelled to subscribe to it?
Is it permissible to give a portion of Zakat al-Mal to a single employee (25 years old) who works in my shop and is striving to establish himself, knowing that his father is well-off and owns agricultural land, and does not live near his son?
Am I sinful for working as an intern programmer in a company, where my general programs benefit from the company's programs, knowing that a small percentage (less than 5%) of the company's programs are directed to usurious banks, and must I search for another job or give out a portion of my salary if my work involves something unlawful?
What is the ruling on being appointed to a government position through mediation and receiving money without going to work, knowing that the state does not give its citizens their due?
Is the salary from a job considered permissible or impermissible if the employment contract stipulated the completion of a master's degree, and the employee has only completed its preparatory stage, knowing that the current qualifications are sufficient to perform the job?
What should a Muslim employee do if they see alcoholic beverages in the possession of their foreign colleagues at work?
Is it permissible to change the designated recipient of a vow (nadhr) from the poor and needy in the country of an untrustworthy person to the poor and needy in the country of the questioner?
Is working in a government administration—one that does not rule by what Allah has revealed, includes forbidden sectors, has non-scandalous intermingling, and where some employees use the phone and internet for personal or illicit purposes—permissible, knowing that the employee’s task is limited to correcting technical malfunctions and he is not authorized to investigate how they are used?
What is the ruling on salary and investment in a private company that acts as an intermediary for foreign companies, pays sums of money or gives gifts (sales development) to buyers, and deals with usurious loans, knowing that the employee had previously signed disbursement approvals for sales development?