Working Around the Impermissible
460 questions
Is money earned from working for a company that produces electronic chips used in various fields permissible (halal)?
Is it permissible to continue working as a teacher in a secondary school for girls, and what is the ruling on the money earned from it, knowing that the questioner is religiously committed and has a beard?
Is working as an accountant for a jewelry company that manufactures crosses impermissible (haram)? And does the same ruling apply to the workers who make them with their own hands?
What is the ruling on working in a gift shop that contains Pharaonic images, statues, and animal figurines, and what should I do about it?
Why did Fatwa No. 79697 adopt the view attributed to Ibn Mas'ud, which states, "If the lawful and the unlawful meet, the unlawful prevails," and not adopt the other view attributed to Aisha and Ibn Umar, and chosen by Ibn Taymiyyah, which states, "If the lawful and the unlawful meet, the unlawful does not render the lawful unlawful"?
What is the ruling on working in the management of a cafe that requires writing details of meals and drinks and the cafe's system of work to unify branches, knowing that the cafe allows smoking inside and screens football matches?
Is working as a receptionist in a women's beauty salon forbidden (haram)?
What is the ruling on working in the transportation of daily newspapers that contain pictures of naked women and artists, and what is the ruling on working in the transportation of messages and parcels for companies, including gambling centers, and is it obligatory to inquire about their contents?
What is the ruling regarding a Muslim woman working as a nurse in a hospital where she sees and hears things that are impermissible for a Muslim woman to see and hear, knowing that all staff members are women?
Are the medical pension and financial entitlements from the Public Authority for Social Insurance and Pensions, which were deducted from the monthly salary of an employee working in a commercial bank, permissible (halal) or do they involve a doubtful aspect (shubha)?
Is it permissible for a programmer to work for a commercial insurance company until he finds another job, especially if there are no Islamic insurance companies available in his country?
What is the ruling on repairing meat production machinery, including that for pork, for a temporary period?
Is it permissible to work for a computer software company that designs sales programs dealing with credit cards to store card numbers and amounts? And is this considered aiding in the sale of impermissible items, such as cigarettes, if some companies use it for this purpose?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on selling statues, pictures of the "Sabaan" tree, and cigarette lighters, and what is the ruling on a husband working to prepare the website for a company that sells these products?
Must a girl obey her parents by quitting her job as a condition for the marriage to proceed, or must she obey her fiancé, who rejects women working and claims that work is limited to caring for the husband and children?
Is the money earned by the father through unlawful means, by feigning illness to receive a salary without working, considered illicit (haram), and is it permissible for the son to partake of this money?
What is the ruling on working in the specialty of occupational medicine for a government hospital that involves examining workers from usurious companies or factories that produce forbidden things, such as alcohol?
Is working as a tax officer permissible or impermissible (halal or haram), given the possibility of wronging people?
Is my salary and work permissible or impermissible in a company that manufactures and exports raw materials for perfumes, deals with usurious banks, pays gratuities to facilitate work, deals with taxes, has statues and pictures in its headquarters, whose owner does not pray and curses religion, and which offers gifts of perfume bottles to governmental bodies?
Is it forbidden to continue working in this institution, given that the questioner is compelled to do so and is forced to be present in the church with Christian students?
Is a salary considered unlawful if its source is working in a sales office at a five-star hotel, while observing Islamic guidelines in dress and conduct?
Is there any doubt in agreeing with the employer to take the full income (100%) for one year, then return his share (60%) at the end of the year?
Is it permissible for a woman to work as a barber in a country where its women do not wear the hijab, given her need for the job and her discomfort with her current job which forces her into sins such as lying and intermingling?
What is the ruling on a technician working for an airline that serves alcohol to passengers, and is his money unlawful?