Working Around the Impermissible
572 questions
Is it permissible to marry an American Christian woman sacramentally (on paper only) in order to obtain a green card, without intending to consummate the marriage, with the aim of facilitating visits to her country and helping parents in the home country and working with one's degree?
Is working as an IT professional in tourism companies specialized in booking hotels for foreign tourists impermissible (haram) or permissible (halal)? And is the aforementioned assistance to the company in resolving its issues not allowed?
Is working in a factory that sells finished products as if they were locally assembled, while deceiving customers into believing that, permissible (halal)? And is the salary earned from this work permissible (halal)?
Is working in Android app programming, which relies on ad revenue, permissible, given that there are filters to prevent forbidden ads such as alcohol and sex, but there is no 100% guarantee that these filters will be applied, and ads featuring immodestly dressed women or interest-based banks may appear? And is the necessity of work a justification for that?
What is the difference between the ruling on working for a company that sells prohibited goods, such as alcohol, and the ruling on working for a company that sells permissible goods but with prohibited contracts and conditions?
What is the ruling on working and earning a salary in a software company that deals with currency exchange and stock market companies?
Is working in laser lighting for parties and weddings that involve mixing, dancing, music, and immodest women, forbidden or permissible?
What is the ruling on translating pages from an accounting book from a foreign language, being careful not to translate any forbidden words? And what should have been done?
Is it permissible to work in the recruitment department of a company that sells various books, some of which may contradict Islamic law, as shown on its website?
What is the ruling on money earned from working in a company that was later discovered to engage in illicit speculative activities on the stock exchange, knowing that the earnings were acquired while unaware of this, and have not yet been spent?
Is it permissible to work for a company that performs journalistic and television documentation of materials that may include forbidden things, knowing that the nature of my work is a telecommunications engineer responsible for network infrastructure, systems, and devices? And is it permissible to remain in this job until another job is found?
Is money earned from working at a gas station that sells tobacco and other products considered unlawful (haram), knowing that the nature of the work involves tasks other than selling? And is it permissible to leave this job for fear of unlawful (haram) money, given existing financial obligations?
Is my mother's salary mixed and not entirely unlawful?
Is it permissible to spend money acquired from government work, which is a mixture of lawful and unlawful, on building mosques to purify the car bought with it, instead of returning it to the state treasury where it is feared it might be stolen?
What is the Islamic legal ruling on working in quality control for computer projects that may offer permissible or impermissible services, and payment is made through Islamic and non-Islamic banks, and what is the ruling on working on projects that offer ringtones that may be Islamic or otherwise?
Is it permissible for an accountant to fulfill the request of the owner of an establishment to enter indirect administrative expenses into projects without the knowledge of the partners, given the accountant's awareness of the suspicion of unlawfulness and the employer's affirmation of bearing the sin, and knowing that this work is his sole source of income?
What is the ruling on money earned from using pirated software, and is working with such software unlawful (haram)?
Is it permissible to work with a company that sells cosmetics, clothes, shoes, and watches, where buying and selling occur at a 30% profit, and an incentive in the form of products of a certain value is offered when purchasing large quantities, in addition to a gift of products when introducing other people to work with the company, knowing that there is no obligation to introduce people, and no payment is made except the price of the products? And is the gift offered when purchasing more than $250 permissible?
Is it permissible to work in the construction of government cemeteries with these specifications, which include a wall, a gate, and separate underground chambers for men and women?
Is it permissible or impermissible for an employee to continue working in a slaughterhouse where there is deception and theft of meat, with the knowledge of the officials, and to receive a wage for that? And is the salary received by the employee during the period in which he was trying to rectify the situation considered permissible?
Is it permissible to work as a delivery driver for a restaurant that serves pork, and what is the ruling on the money earned from this work, and what should be done with the money if it is unlawful?
What is the ruling on working for an institution that invests in all types of stocks, including banking stocks?
What is the ruling on working for a company that supplies ATMs with cash, knowing that some of these banks are usurious?
Is it permissible for a woman to continue working long hours in a mixed-gender environment due to financial need and her husband's desire, while trying to avoid mixing as much as possible?