Working Around the Impermissible
460 questions
What is the ruling on working in a hotel that requires handling alcoholic beverages as part of the job, and is the income earned from this work unlawful, given the dire financial need and difficulty in finding another job?
Is working as a telecommunications employee for a company that sells dietary supplements and writes exaggerated advertisements, some of which may not be clear to the customer, and promotes some of them on pornographic websites, permissible or impermissible?
What is the ruling on working in customer service for a clothing company that sells some permissible and some impermissible items, given that my role is not limited to selling the impermissible clothing, and knowing that there is usury (riba) on debts that are not repaid within three months? Is the money earned from this work permissible (halal) or impermissible (haram)? And is it permissible for me to use it in a case of extreme necessity?
What is the ruling on money earned from working in a usurious bank, and how can it be disposed of or purified, especially when buying real estate or other assets, and what should one do upon leaving this job?
Is it permissible to work as a medical insurance accountant in a hospital that deals with insurance companies, if the hospital only charges for its services?
What is the ruling on the salaries and bonuses received by an employee working in the Income and Sales Tax Department, taking into consideration the hadiths mentioned about "sahib al-maks" (the tax collector)?
Is money earned from securing places for students in public universities for a fee—knowing that these places are not among those allocated in the special competition for foreign students—considered illicit gain?
Is it permissible to work for a telecommunications company that provides services to French companies, some of which operate in prohibited fields such as cigarettes and alcohol, knowing that my work is in a department that does not directly deal with these companies and that the percentage of my interaction with them is very small, taking into consideration the advantages of working for this company in terms of location, salary, working conditions, and the availability of parental care?
What is the ruling on working on a project funded by a foreign country (the United States of America) to develop the capabilities of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the Educational Center for Research and Development in Lebanon, knowing that the project includes preparing official educational curricula for all subjects, including Philosophy and National Education, which contain Sharia violations?
Is it permissible to continue working for a company that produces and sells alcoholic beverages, olive oil, and mineral water, knowing that the work is administrative and sometimes involves transporting alcohol?
Is money earned from registering as a pharmacist manager for a pharmacy where no pharmacist is present all the time, and where an assistant dispenses medication, halal? And does the pharmacist bear sin if the pharmacy sells cosmetics, and she is not responsible for that?
Is the money acquired for work provided to a governmental entity—by submitting a forged invoice implying that the work was done by an external party—lawful or unlawful?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a an engineer, working for an engineering firm, continuing in his job, which involves assigning a massive government project to his less competent engineering firm, after he was asked to provide the firm with project details before its tender and to manipulate the comparison of competing firms to conceal his firm’s weaknesses, in exchange for a promotion and a salary increase, knowing that this violates the law and the nature of the work?
What is the ruling on working for an institution that grants loans with an increase ranging between 15% and 20%, and is the salary earned from this work permissible or forbidden?
What is the ruling on working in the sale of shaving machines that may be used for permissible or impermissible purposes, and what is the ruling on selling perfumes labeled "denat alcohol"?
What is the ruling on working for a company that designs and maintains a search engine displaying the best bank loans?
What is the ruling on working as a broker in e-marketing to increase positive product reviews, where products are given away for free to buyers in exchange for their positive review, and the broker receives a commission for each review?
Is it permissible for a Muslim husband to stipulate to his Christian wife that she wear the niqab, leave the church and her job, cut off communication with her family, and wear what he specifies, while obliging her to say that the wife must be obedient and have no personal opinion? And is it true that a Muslim man's marriage to a non-virgin woman (who has committed fornication) is impermissible?
What is the ruling on money earned from working after buying a university degree and enrolling in distance learning in the same specialization? And does studying the same specialization later on absolve one of the sin of buying the degree? And what must one do to expiate for this act?
Is working as an accountant in commercial companies that mediate in selling products at a lower price to the acquiring owner, while other shareholders are unaware, considered unlawful (haram)?
Is working as a physician in the insurance department of a private hospital, which is limited to sending medical reports to the insurance company for approval of examinations or procedures for patients, impermissible or permissible?
What is the ruling on investing in Etihad Etisalat Company, knowing that there is a conflict in fatwas regarding it, and what losses have resulted for some people, and is it permissible or impermissible?
Is working in medical coding—which deals with converting medical information into codes for insurance companies that are considered impermissible in Islam—halal or haram, and is it considered assisting in sin?
What is the ruling on working in departments whose job is to count employees and plan jobs in a company that has unregulated intermingling and unintended, unsafe private encounters?