Working Around the Impermissible
572 questions
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 as a receptionist in a nursing home that serves alcohol to its residents, knowing that the nature of the job does not involve any direct handling of the alcohol?
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?
What is the ruling on working in a charitable organization where there is free mixing with women, and it requires communicating with them via social media to coordinate charitable work?
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?
What is the ruling on dealing and working with Dubli company, knowing that it acts as an advertising and marketing intermediary for online stores, and offers shopping tiers to customers (free and premium with fees and subscriptions), in addition to tiers for agents (non-exclusive with fees and commissions)?
Which is the lawful profession: that of a credit card sales representative in a bank, or a sales representative in an insurance company?
What is the ruling on working in a pharmacy that sells products with Sharia prohibitions, such as black hair dyes, artificial eyelashes, and shaving creams that have pictures of women on them? What is the ruling on selling these products, and who bears responsibility for that? And what about the ruling on dealing with women who frequent the pharmacy? Is the salary earned from this work unlawful?
Is it permissible to continue working as a treasurer for a goods financing company, knowing that the company has started financing goods that are not in its warehouses, and are being purchased from other merchants?
What is the ruling on working in a factory that adds raw materials which reduce the quality of the product without informing the customer, and asks the employee to conceal this matter?