Prayer and Fasting at Work
1,531 questions
Is it permissible for an employee to accept a gift (a string of prayer beads) from someone for whom he completed a transaction, knowing that the employee completed the transaction as he would any other and was not expecting a gift, but he welcomed the person warmly due to his colleague's standing?
Is it obligatory for a wife to quit a mixed-gender job, even though she knows that her husband's salary is insufficient to cover their needs, pay the rent, and loan installments?
Is it obligatory to dispose of money that represents the salary difference between a two-year and a four-year qualification for a job, taking into account previous deception and ignorance when starting the job?
What is the ruling on one who brings something up from his stomach to his mouth and then swallows it while praying and fasting?
Is the Islam of a discerning child who has not yet reached puberty valid?
Is it permissible to leave a job at a company that sells cosmetic products (dark dye and for women who display their adornments) despite the employer taking a blank promissory note, knowing that he forbade prayer in the mosque and commanded group prayer in the office?
Is it permissible to shorten the prayer (qasr) at the workplace if the distance exceeds the distance for shortening, whether during academic days or when returning to it for only two days to sign after the academic year has ended?
Why is the inquirer's feeling of laziness, lethargy, and excessive sleepiness limited to work hours only, and could that be sorcery?
What is the reason for the similitude in the Hadith: "The parable of the Muslims, the Jews, and the Christians is like that of a man who hired a group of people to work for him until night..." where the Jews worked for half the day, and the Christians and Muslims worked for the other half, despite the fact that the age of the Jewish nation (1700 years) does not equal the combined age of the Christian and Islamic nations (2044 years)? And why did the Christians work from midday until Asr prayer, and the Muslims from Asr prayer until sunset, even though the age of the Islamic nation (1444 years) is double the age of the Christian nation (600 years)?
Should one remain silent about injustice from a manager who discriminates in treatment and refuses to pray, or should one complain to higher authorities, given the Hadith: "The one who remains silent about the truth is a mute devil"?
Is it permissible for a girl who experiences (vaginal) discharge to lead her female colleagues in prayer, given that she is proficient in Qur’an recitation, and is she required to use a sanitary pad, or is it sufficient for her to perform ablution for each prayer if the discharge occurs multiple times daily and she prays at work?
What is the punishment for committing adultery, and does Allah accept good deeds such as prayer and fasting from an adulterer who persists in their adultery? And is it obligatory to avoid such individuals or to continue advising them?
Why was the better job not facilitated after the Istikhara prayer, despite the urgent financial need, knowing that Istikhara brings nothing but good and does not leave a person in worldly harm?
Is reading the Qur’an accepted despite missing Fajr prayer and committing some sins, and is it permissible to read [the Qur’an] after committing a sin?
What is the ruling on delaying prayers if the work is sensitive and involves guarding and security, and is it permissible to abandon guarding and expose the one being guarded to danger in order to devote oneself to prayer?
Is there a way to guide a father who does not pray, nor fast, and drinks alcohol, and insults the Divine Being, and quarrels with his wife in front of their daughter, and how should a mother act who leaves her daughter with him due to work circumstances?
Is working as a cleaner and cook in the home of a Christian, non-Muslim man, living with him and serving him food—with the exception of pork and alcohol—while maintaining hijab and prayer, considered haram?
Is it permissible for me to shorten and combine prayers in Jeddah or the Eastern Province, given that every Thursday night I travel from Jeddah to the Eastern Province where I work, and return to Jeddah on Wednesday night?
Does groaning about Ramadan, fasting, and prayer—and saying, "Oh, how long Ramadan is; I wish it would end so we could rest a little"—invalidate the reward, or is it sufficient to abandon these whispers?
Is it permissible to work in a mixed laboratory where there are women, given the fear of neglecting prayers?
Is it permissible to perform the 'Asr prayer approximately one hour before the time of the Adhan in order to go to work, so as to avoid delaying it until after the Maghrib prayer?
What is the ruling on living in a house that relies on money acquired through illicit means, such as electricity theft, and is it permissible for a mother to remain with a husband who is an alcoholic, does not pray, does not pay Zakat, and does not maintain kinship ties?
What is the ruling on delaying or postponing prayer due to the nature of work and uncertainty about the purity of the restrooms?
What is to be done about the recurrence of words associating partners with the Oneness of Allah, despite adherence to prayer, fasting, and Qur’an recitation, and the ineffectiveness of the grandmother’s Qur’an recitation?