Working Around the Impermissible
460 questions
What is the Shar'i ruling on engaging in politics and joining parties, especially those with a secular orientation, and what is the ruling on paying money to join them, and what is the ruling if these parties support a candidate who does not apply Allah's laws?
What is the ruling on working with "Forever Living" company as an agent, taking into consideration its conditions which include purchasing products worth $500 to sign the contract, the requirement of having a previous affiliate to register under their account, and the point system that benefits the entire chain of affiliates when any new person joins, knowing that the products are of high quality and the company is licensed?
Is it permissible to work as an accountant in a hotel that may serve alcohol, given the absence of other job opportunities?
Is it permissible for me, as a dentist, to work in a mixed-gender environment due to family pressure, or to work with children without a niqab, given that it is officially prohibited by the government, knowing that I wish to help those in need?
What is the ruling on working as an inspector in the Ministry of Tourism, knowing that the task is limited to ensuring compliance with the law, cleanliness, and the classification of hotels, associations, and travel agencies, regardless of whether the hotels are permissible or impermissible according to Sharia?
Is working as a sales representative, which entails convincing customers to buy without mentioning the system's flaws, and where the marketing team lures customers with promises of non-existent gifts, considered "deceiving people"?
What is the ruling on working for a merchant who deals in bribery, and is the salary earned from this work permissible or impermissible?
How can one differentiate between usurious and non-usurious banks? Is the description "Islamic" sufficient for that? What is the ruling on working in the Islamic branches of usurious banks, or in insurance, brokerage, and currency exchange companies? What are the regulations for working in governmental bodies with financial affiliations?
Is it permissible to work for a company that produces women's accessories and animal-shaped figurines, which constitute 5% of its production, knowing that the nature of the work will be in exporting crystal products and chandeliers, making up between 95% and 99% of its output?
Is working for a television channel that operates on a chat-system basis, with good pay, contrary to Islamic Sharia?
Is working on developing a program that allows for data manipulation and changing invoices for the purpose of fraud forbidden (haram)? Or should this project, or only the suspicious parts thereof, be avoided?
Is it permissible to complete the design of a website for a Sufi sheikh after discovering its content to be misguidance, or is it obligatory to stop working and return the money that was received?
What is the ruling on working in legal affairs or human resources in a conventional insurance company, and what is the ruling on working in the same field but in an Islamic insurance company? Is there a difference between them?
What is the ruling on a woman working who goes to a workers' workshop accompanied by a driver alone, in a workshop located on a mountain an hour and a half away from her state, and all the workers are men?
What is the ruling on using, selling, or gifting programs, books, or electronic documents created using non-original software, and what is the ruling on working in an environment where non-original software and operating systems are used, and is the salary earned from that permissible (halal)?
What is the ruling on working as a computer trainer for poor youth for a good salary, if the project is funded by the Jesuit organization?
Is it permissible for a woman to work in a bank, knowing that she only responds to callers' inquiries, in order to help her indebted husband, with the intention of leaving the job once an alternative is available?
Is working for a company that specializes in distinguishing and processing pornographic images, where this requires viewing them for the purpose of developing programs to detect them, considered forbidden in Islam, knowing that dealing with them is purely professional?
What is the ruling on a computer engineer working in a French bank, whose job specializes in programming, installing, monitoring, and maintaining systems, and improving and developing the informational infrastructure of the stock exchange, knowing that he only works on computer systems and technology?
What is the ruling on working in large supermarkets where both lawful and unlawful items are sold, and is it permissible to work in a section where no unlawful items are sold?
What is the ruling on working in a currency exchange company that deals with banks and the Israeli Shekel currency?
Is saying that it is permissible to work in mixed-gender environments, while knowing the impermissibility of mixing, considered speaking about God without knowledge?
What is the ruling regarding a woman who vowed to donate her first salary for a year, then her salary was discontinued after two months due to completing her studies? Is she obligated to pay the remaining amount, or can she postpone it until she finds another job?
What is the ruling on working as a medical sales representative for a pharmaceutical company that requires selling a certain quantity of medicine, given that some resort to "burning medicine" (selling it at a reduced price to fictitious warehouses) to achieve profits, knowing that this may affect colleagues, and is it permissible for me to perform this act in the work areas of those who cause me to be deprived of profits?