Jobs

QUESTION: Is it allowed to work with a factory that produces cigarette by transporting their employee from home to work ? Same question for hotel resort (Sheraton, Hilton) that sometimes serves alcohol, can I transport their employee from/to home/hotel ?

Jobs

17 Mar

ANSWER: It is not permissible to transport tobacco workers to their work place as this is collaborating with them on sin There is no problem in doing so for hotel employees in Shā Allah

QUESTION: I am a henna artist I work with another lady she books and i go with her we go to clients house to do henna I don’t know how they go outside but they are Muslim And most of them work outside some work in free mixing but I don’t know who work and who don’t since it’s my first time meeting them So my question is can I do their henna and if they go outside without covering their hand will I get sin

Jobs

16 Mar

ANSWER: If you think that most likely they will not conceal it from non mahram, you are sinful and the income is haram.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to run a recruitment agency? Can we contact people working in companies and offer them vacancies? I heard from someone that if the employees are currently working we can’t offer them another job, it takes the ruling of selling an item at a lower price after someone else has made an agreement already. Is this true.

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs

15 Feb

ANSWER: It is not permissible to go to an employee and offer him a job while he is still working for his company as this is like selling over your brother’s transaction which the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa salla had prohibited.

QUESTION: Can Muslim business owners use christmas and other non muslim festivals and activities like valentines, halloween to advertise those events and give special offers etc., to gain more business. Can they sell items special to those activities?

Jobs, Religions

13 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible as you would be endorsing and showing approval of their falsified beliefs.

QUESTION: Can I Make A PDF File Where I Put Youtubers Videos Link Where They Teach Digital Marketing And Others Educatioal Content etc And I Sell That PDF File The Earnings Will Be Haram

Jobs

09 Feb

ANSWER: If such content of a file is haram or what they teach is haram or such content is copyright protected yet you sell violated courses or videos like this, the income is haram.

QUESTION: I (FEMALE) live in USA and want to pursue higher education in medical field which is quite expensive. And my family is not that well off. Student loans charge 15% interest…and interest is haram. What should I do? If I take a student loan, will everything after that, including my education and job be considered haram?

Jobs, Loans, Riba

06 Feb

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and one of the major sins in Islam for which Allah has waged a war against someone who deals in riba. It is very simple: If you can’t afford it, don’t do it!

QUESTION: I got a job offer at a bank as a software developer, not as a banker, will I be sinful if I develop programs that may or may not be used by the bank for Riba-based operations ? In general, am I liable for programs I develop that CAN be used for wrong but are intended for good ?

Jobs, Riba

19 Jan

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited and the income is haram as it is not permissible to collaborate with them on evil and vice and you are not allowed to work there even as a janitor.

QUESTION: We knw brokery is permssbl.Bt got confused in an ans of islamqa,”If the broker is working for one of the two parties to the transaction, it is not permissible for him to make a deal with the other party to increase or lower the price”.I didn’t understand.If a broker tells me about a car costing 10M nd I hv to give him 500$ over that as comission.Can I tell him to bargain with owner to make it 9M?

Jobs

16 Jan

ANSWER: It is not permissible to take a commission when you are working for one of the two parties as this is conflict of interest and you would be accepting a bribe and not a commission.

QUESTION: I am a student who got a trainee job. My work is not linked with anyone and I get tasks to train myself. The contract says to do 8 hours per day on office. The work is very easy for me and I finish it in 1-2 hours then I am free for the day having nothing to do and sit free all day. If I complete my tasks early or from home for the day and have nothing to do, is my income haram if i leave earlier.

Jobs

16 Jan

ANSWER: If the work is task based then you can leave but if its stipulated in your contract that you must stay for the whole session then you can’t go home until the time is up

QUESTION: My wife started her own small cleaning business. She’s thinking of hiring people and she wants to hire female workers. So the women who needs jobs are non-Muslims and “doesn’t” wear hijabs. Can she still hire them? The work(cleaning business) is halal, but the non-Muslim women who needs jobs doesn’t wear hijab

Jobs, Women clothing

03 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in this. However, she must try to choose the best of them in regards to modesty.

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