Working Around the Impermissible
460 questions
Is the salary received by an agricultural engineer who works in a contracting company, where he does not find work suitable for his specialization, and he is absent from work and does not commit to daily clocking in, and asks a colleague to sign in his place, lawful (halal) or unlawful (haram)? And is it permissible to sign on behalf of someone else in this case?
Is working in a financial brokerage firm, mediating between clients and the stock market for a fixed monthly salary, impermissible (haram) or permissible (halal)?
What is the ruling on money earned from working in the field of computer software, which involves designing permissible advertising materials, while the same publications include impermissible materials designed by other colleagues?
Is the money the supervisor receives from the private entity for the project permissible or impermissible, knowing that she does not work for the entire month?
What is the ruling on working in a restaurant that serves pork and requires touching it, or working in a shop that sells decorative items that include animal statues?
What is the ruling on practicing law in the absence of Sharia courts and governance by man-made laws, and is it permissible to accept a suitor who works as a lawyer under these circumstances?
Are earnings from working in a company whose capital consists of interest from deposits and commissions from cars prohibited?
What is the ruling on working as a doctor in the army of the disbelievers in a state other than war?
Is working as a journalist in the arts section unlawful (haram) or lawful (halal), knowing that it involves dealing with and speaking to artists?
Is it permissible for a contracting company to pay a commission to engineers in engineering consulting offices in exchange for bringing in projects, whether this is with or without the knowledge of the office owner?
What is the ruling on working as a lighting technician at the Egyptian Opera House?
What is the ruling on working as a drawing teacher, which includes teaching how to draw animate beings, and is the teacher sinful if she orders students to draw them while she herself avoids drawing, and is leaving this job, which is not currently needed, considered a form of ingratitude for blessings?
Is it permissible to practice drawing animate beings to develop drawing skills, for the purpose of drawing cartoon characters for children?
What is the ruling on using pirated software on home devices, and does the fatwa depend on financial gain or intellectual property rights, and what is the ruling on money earned from working in these companies, knowing the wealth of the original software owners?
What is the ruling on working for a foreign company that ships alcoholic beverages, and is the employee considered sinful? And how can he expiate for what has passed?
What is the ruling on working for a company that connects a bank's branches via satellite?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on working in an internet cafe frequented by young people to play electronic games and waste time, which forces the worker to pray Maghrib alone and delay praying Isha?
What is the ruling on a committed Muslim woman working as a maid for Christians, given that she would prepare pork and alcoholic beverages, and there is a possibility she would be asked to remove her hijab, knowing the difficulty of living in Spain and her embarrassment about returning to her homeland empty-handed?
What is the ruling on working for a company that sells toys, which include cartoon characters with music, and that transform into monsters with superpowers, and dolls that perform human functions, and characters such as pirates and soldiers? And does the prohibition—if it exists—include all departments of the company, or is it limited to the sales department?
What is the legal ruling concerning my work in recording and tallying various types of company activities, including recording alcoholic beverages, and what is the solution if that is impermissible, and how should forbidden money earned before knowing of its prohibition be dealt with?
What is the ruling on working in a call center that requires employees to lie to customers to obtain their data and to present themselves with unreal names, knowing that there is no other suitable work for those who wear the شرعي (shar‘i) hijab?
What is the ruling on working in the accounting department of "ART" company, knowing that it markets religious channels? And what is the ruling on working in the governmental electricity company, given the relationship between lighting and violations?
Is it permissible for a Muslim residing in a foreign country, if in need of money, to work in a nightclub or a restaurant that serves alcohol and pork, and is it permissible for him to carry pork?
Is it permissible to teach in a Catholic school?