Working Around the Impermissible
572 questions
What is the ruling on remaining in a job that causes religious and worldly problems, given the existence of a debt to the employer, and a desire to leave the job to complete studies and help the family?
Is working on search engine optimization for websites that display pictures of women's underwear on models' bodies considered forbidden, even if the products themselves are permissible, given the assistance in spreading the viewing of these images?
What is the ruling on working as a collector of entrance tickets to the hospital for visiting patients?
What is the ruling on a Muslim woman working as a tour guide, explaining information to tourists without sitting in gatherings where alcohol is consumed or taking profit from it?
What is the ruling on money earned from working in a mixed-gender environment, and what is the ruling on possessions bought with this money, and how should one dispose of them after repentance?
What is the ruling on one who discourages people from marrying working Muslim women, under the pretext that a woman's work is impermissible, even if her work is in accordance with Sharia guidelines and in female-only environments?
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 the salary of an engineer, knowing that his contractor obtains projects through bribery and orders the theft of raw materials, coupled with a scarcity of job opportunities and a fear of leaving this work?
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?
Is it forbidden for a wife to remain in a mixed-gender workplace as long as she does not neglect her household duties, and is she obligated to inform her husband or seek his approval before disposing of her private property?
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 obligatory to leave one's job if an employee is certain of their manager's corruption and is unable to change it, given the widespread corruption in most institutions and the difficult living conditions?
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?
Is it permissible for us to change the timings of holidays with the knowledge of our administration, and what is the ruling on the salaries received if that is not permissible?
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?