Working Around the Impermissible
460 questions
What is the ruling on a dentist working under a contract by which he receives a fixed 30% of the clinic's income, a fixed housing allowance, and an airline ticket, taking into account that this may lead to a loss for the polyclinic if the income is low? Is it permissible for the doctor to receive a salary for his annual leave?
What is the ruling on working for a software development company if all the systems and programs used in it are copied or pirated? And is it obligatory to leave the job immediately or gradually (for example, after three months), knowing that the company prohibits immediate dismissal? And is it permissible to receive wages during this extended period?
Is the salary earned from a job, obtained through an academic degree that involved exposure to leaked exam questions, considered Haram, and what should be done about it?
Is it permissible to marry a female teacher who works in a mixed-gender environment where the niqab is prohibited, knowing that I can support the family on my own, and if I allow her to work, would I be considered a dayyuth (a man who lacks protective jealousy over his womenfolk)? What is the evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah regarding the ruling on women's work?
Is working in the tourism sector, specifically in a business hotel that serves alcohol (forming 7.5% of its total income), but where the work does not directly involve alcohol, unlawful (haram)? And what is the required action if the worker is outside the country and faces difficulty in changing sponsorship, does not possess the amount to pay the sponsor to return, and fears the suspicion regarding the earnings?
Is working for a postal distribution company that distributes publications and letters to institutions, including gambling centers, permissible or impermissible, and is the money saved from it permissible or impermissible?
What is the ruling on an accountant working outside his country for a company that might deal in usury without his knowledge, and is he required to leave his job after discovering that, given that he has a three-year contract, and knowing that the company's primary activity is not usurious but there are suspicions regarding some of its transactions?
What is the ruling on working for an economic news satellite channel that will broadcast news about international cinema, specifically in the library section that archives the materials of these programs?
What is the ruling on money earned from working in a company that produces cooking oils, given that the nature of the work involves creating advertisements and images of unveiled women, organizing competitions for consumers, and product tasting by young, unveiled women? And is this money considered permissible (halal) or impermissible (haram), especially since it will enable the questioner to purchase a house or invest it in a project?
What is the ruling on working for a governmental financial institution in promoting insurance policies, while I own a private office that offers financial, banking, and insurance services? And what if the private office refers clients to the governmental institution where I work? And is it permissible to direct clients of the governmental institution to deal with my private office for Islamic insurance policies?
What is the ruling on an engineer working on a project that includes both permissible facilities (residential and medical) and impermissible facilities (tourism and interest-based) within the same urban development, and is it permissible to design four-star hotels that do not serve alcohol in similar projects, and is it permissible to develop work and management systems and assist companies that engage in both permissible and impermissible activities without directly interfering with the impermissible?
What is the ruling on working and training in a usurious, non-Islamic bank for the purpose of gaining experience that would qualify one to work in an Islamic bank in the future, and is the salary earned from this work unlawful or not?
Is it permissible to work as an engineer at the Arab International Bank if the current job does not provide adequate financial compensation?
What is the ruling on working in a court that issues some rulings based on Sharia and some that are amended by law? Is it permissible to transfer to other places affiliated with judicial bodies?
Is it permissible for a married Muslim woman, who works in research and wears the hijab, to complete her PhD studies in a mixed-gender environment with non-Muslims in Canada? And what is the best advice regarding this?
What is the ruling on selling scratch cards that give the winner a cash prize, when each card has an easy question on it, and what is the ruling on working for a company that sells these cards?
Is it permissible to take a percentage of the profits of a company established in my name, while bearing all legal consequences, and are the usurious transactions resulting from that considered permissible?
Is money earned from working in a hotel that serves alcohol considered permissible (halal), especially if a portion of the salary comes from alcohol revenues? And must this portion be given away in charity? What is the ruling on money obtained from health and social insurance services and tips under such circumstances?
What is the ruling on working in auditing firms that review company accounts, given that these accounts are likely to contain usurious dealings, knowing that the auditor does not write or deal with these interests, but only reviews them?
1. Is it permissible for an employee to tell his manager that the rental price of a property is 250 dinars, even though its real price is 150 dinars, and he takes the difference for himself in exchange for another person’s mediation? 2. Is it permissible for us to offer money to an employee tasked with providing technical channels for our company’s benefit, so that he provides a larger number of channels than those officially available? 3. Is it considered impermissible or permissible to tell a seller a price lower than the real market price for a device one wishes to buy from him, with the aim of buying it at a low price and then selling it at a higher price?
Is working as an accountant in an art production and distribution company (songs - films) - in addition to a large department for Islamic production and distribution - unlawful, and is the income earned from it unlawful?
Is it Islamically permissible for a person to continue receiving financial aid from one European country after moving to work in another European country, and to call this "economic jihad"? And is it forbidden in Islam to cover up such an act?
What is the ruling on working for a company that relies on direct marketing (network-tree marketing) for a medical product, and are the profits obtained from this work permissible (halal), impermissible (haram), or dubious?
What is the ruling on working in the Islamic finance department of a usurious bank, where the employee receives their salary and benefits from the bank, and is their salary considered permissible or impermissible?