Working Around the Impermissible
460 questions
What is the ruling on working in programming software for companies that use it in activities related to tobacco, such as documentary credit programs for salaries?
How should a Muslim deal with the widespread prevalence of Sharia violations in all spheres of life in Islamic countries? Should he participate and attempt reform, or withdraw and allow corruption to spread?
Is working in a development bank permissible or impermissible, taking into consideration that the deposits of companies and institutions are made in banks, and all fields of work and money originate from them?
Is money earned from working in a café considered unlawful gain?
What is the ruling on the money received by public company employees from their work in a private company without the knowledge of the parent company, and their taking of the parent company's equipment and documents for use in the private company?
Is it permissible to work in customs in an Arab country that does not rule by Allah's law? Is this considered a form of illegal taxation (maks)? And what is the ruling on working in a medical department affiliated with the customs administration?
Is it permissible to work in a usurious bank—such as a commercial bank—in order to pay off bank installments and to avoid dismissal from one's job?
What is the ruling on working in a tourist village where drinking alcohol, fornication, and immoral acts by foreigners are prevalent?
What is the ruling on a woman working at the Tobacco Corporation in a job as an archivist and file keeper, knowing that she supports two university students and her husband is deceased, and the corporation is responsible for seizing smuggled tobacco and imposing taxes on it?
Is working as an agent for Citibank to market the Mastercard permissible or impermissible, given that the bank offers installment payments with a small interest rate after a grace period?
Is money earned from working in sports betting permissible or impermissible, and is the money purified after the Imam's fatwa considered permissible, or are other matters required for repentance to be accepted?
What is the ruling on working under a freelance system, and what are its permissible and impermissible aspects, especially in the fields of graphic design, creative writing, research, and web development?
Is working for a security company within a tourist village on the Red Sea coast forbidden (haram)?
What is the ruling on working as a fashion model and appearing in magazines or on television in traditional Indian and Asian attire?
Is the additional sum of 50.0 DZD considered usury, or is it permissible in Islamic law for the construction project in which I participated with money only, on the condition that I receive 200.0 DZD in return for 150.0 DZD?
Is the aforementioned currency trading — which takes place between France and Algeria through the son — considered usury or a salam transaction? What is the ruling on the money generated from it? And how can one deal with the father in this situation?
Is a retirement pension from a usurious bank considered impermissible (haram), like the salary paid to an employee who is still actively working?
Is working in an embryo injection center, where injection procedures are sometimes completed with an empty fluid without informing the patient, unlawful (haram), and what is the ruling on the money earned from it?
What is the religious ruling regarding a husband whose father passed away, and he wishes to work with his paternal uncles after a 12-year estrangement, knowing that his mother refuses this and threatens him with a rupture if he works with them, and that both parties (the paternal uncles and the husband's mother) had a role in the original problem?
Is the commission received by a tour guide for selling goods to foreigners at a higher price unlawful, and how can this money be purified if it is?
Is income earned from working as an accountant for a satellite channel that includes programs, advertisements, and series which are impermissible by Sharia considered unlawful gain, and does this entail sins?
What are the criteria and conditions for the share of those working on charities (sadaqat) and zakat, and what is the ruling on appointing girls to collect donations in exchange for a commission on each amount collected, without informing the donor of these deductions?
What is the ruling of Islam on the profession of journalism and what are its legitimate controls?
Is it permissible to work as a production engineer in a factory that manufactures cosmetics, shaving creams, and perfumes?