Working Around the Impermissible
460 questions
What is the ruling on working with a diploma in civil engineering for construction companies that build various structures, knowing that some of them may build banks or insurance companies?
What is the ruling on working for a jewelry company that buys and sells gold bullion and coins, where a percentage of the manufacturing cost is deducted when repurchasing from the customer, and then it is resold without being melted down?
What is the ruling on working as a financial manager for a company, with the responsibility of transferring usurious interest and providing bank guarantees for imports?
Is it permissible to work for a company whose earnings are unlawful if my work is lawful and my salary is lawful?
What is the ruling on working in a Christian cemetery, bearing in mind that the work is limited to gardening and is not related to Christian rituals or ceremonies?
What is the ruling on working as a real estate broker for companies that impose late payment penalties on installments, knowing that the broker does not write the contract or sign as a witness, but may review it for the buyer? And what is the ruling on selling units under the "cash on down payment" system, where the client pays 30% and receives a 17% annual return for 3 years on the down payment?
What is the ruling on working as a financial analyst in major companies in terms of permissibility, prohibition, or dubiousness?
Is it permissible to take financial compensation for doing homework assignments for foreign students? Is the money earned from this considered unlawful? Does the ruling differ if the students are taught for their academic benefit, taking into consideration the person's need to cover their postgraduate study expenses?
Is it obligatory to leave work in non-Islamic banks immediately or after finding an alternative, taking into account financial obligations and experience in the financial field? And is working in investment companies, a portion of whose capital comes from banks, considered permissible? And what should be done with shares owned in a bank?
Is working for a customer service company that is based in a bank considered impermissible (haram)?
What is the ruling on working in a bank that conducts mixed activities (permissible and impermissible) if the job is only in the department of permissible activities and has no relation to the impermissible activities?
What is the ruling on working in the tax sector, knowing that the nature of the work is far from collection and enforcement, and is it permissible to assume the position of head of the human resources office in this sector, given the unwillingness to do so and the absence of any other income?
What is the ruling on working for a contracting company that will build a cinema, knowing that there is no other work available?
What is the ruling on working to fill out American surveys online, using a proxy to make the location appear to be in America, while employing others in Syria for the same work?
What is the ruling on working as a distributor of prepaid cards used on online dating and marriage websites, knowing that the nature of the work involves recording personal data and bank accounts, and that there is a divergence in customer opinions regarding the credibility and seriousness of these websites?
What is the ruling on working for a company that sells counterfeit (second-grade) printer ink cartridges, and informs the buyer of that, given that original manufacturers fight counterfeit ink cartridges, and is it permissible to work there as a storekeeper?
What is the ruling on working for a company that relies on direct selling and multi-level (network) marketing, where consumer products are purchased at the same market price or lower, and the marketer is given a commission on direct sales and on accounts opened through them, with the possibility of opening a free branch for the marketer after achieving a certain goal, and distributing fixed commissions within the network?
What is the ruling on the work of a driver whose school principal compels him to pay a percentage of his wages to continue working, and what is the ruling on the principal's action?
Is money earned from working with other clients, without informing the partner, considered a betrayal of the partnership, especially since the partner was slow in providing the necessary funding for the company, which led to losses?
Is it permissible to work in the distribution of newspapers that contain pictures of women or news that violates Islamic law, while not reading them or looking at their content?
What is the ruling on working in the home of a married homosexual couple, given their good treatment of the worker and her dire need for this job?
What is the ruling on working on the Recyclix website, after clarifying its mechanism of action, which involves purchasing waste at a fixed price and selling it at a fixed price after recycling it through several stages, with two options for selling at each stage: either losing part of the capital or obtaining a certain percentage of profit, in addition to not guaranteeing the recovery of the capital, and the obligation to purchase shares in equipment whose price cannot be recovered?
Is it permissible for a woman to request a divorce while retaining all her rights, if her husband compels her to spend half her salary on the household, prevents her from working if she does not comply, does not spend on her or the house, and sometimes forcibly takes her entire salary and her wedding gift money?
What is the ruling on my working in a job that requires dealing with commercial insurance companies and issuing payroll statements for employees who desire usurious loans, knowing the impermissibility of these transactions?