QUESTION: If my aunt asks me to buy soap for her, and I buy it and then sell it to her while keeping some profit for myself, is this halal for me to do?

Islamic economy, Jobs
29 Aug

ANSWER: This is not permissible if you’re doing it without her knowledge!

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QUESTION: I am thinking of starting a business where I will build a platform for many other businesses to put discounts they provide for customers to see in one place. But I’m worried some fashion businesses for example may post discounts for haram clothes or post photos with uncovered women. Am I responsible for this?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
28 Aug

ANSWER: If you provide the platform and they post haram on it then yes, you’re responsible for it.

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QUESTION: Sheikh, if someone promotes a halal product/service on Instagram but uses haram means like music or inappropriate content in marketing, does this make all the income haram, or is it only the specific act sinful while the earning remains halal?”

Jobs
23 Aug

ANSWER: If your income is from promoting such a product and you are being paid for doing so and you use haram means such as music, your payment and income is haram

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QUESTION: I would also like to know if, in a kafir country, it is permissible to offer a job to a needy muslim or non muslim woman where she may have to meet with people?

Jobs
15 Aug

ANSWER: You need to hire men only to avoid women meeting up with men especially if they are not abiding by the hijab

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QUESTION: I used 2 slaughter goat, only the throat part, in my uncle’s shop. But @ times, wt he does is he takes the goat’s balls and puts it 2 a female goat so tht people wil think it’s male and wil buy it. Or he takes the tail of a goat and attches it 2 a lamb, making it look like a goat so it gets bought. So my QST is am I sinful if I wrk there just 2 cut throat

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Slaughtering
08 Jul

ANSWER: No, you’re not sinful if you don’t help him in such frauds and cheating. You must make it clear to him that what he is doing makes his income haram and he is not from the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam 

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QUESTION: I joined a new company and asked whether I can to masjid for prayer and if not possible then arrange a room for me to pray. They said that they will arrange a room for me. Masjid is 9mins walk(time in Google maps). Is it wajib for me to go to masjid? I can go to masjid without them knowing.

Jobs, Prayer
03 Jul

ANSWER: If you can go then it’s best but if they don’t allow then it’s permissible to pray in your office especially if you are in a kafir country 

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QUESTION: What should my intention be if I’m building a brand to help Muslims get closer to Allah, what should my intention be when selling a product?

Jobs
26 Jun

ANSWER: Helping the ummah at large to please Allah and to gain barakah & rizq in your business.

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QUESTION: So in the country i live, it rains a lot and in construction business, they put a black material on the walls and floor in buildings so rain water cant enter. If i am involved in this job and i have to use this material in a bank building, is this haram?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
04 Jun

ANSWER: It is not permissible for you to assist or work for a conventional bank

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QUESTION: I live in Saudi Arabia and plan to start a visa business. For example, a friend sells a visa for 2000 SAR, and I resell it for 3000 SAR. Both the friend and the buyer know I’m making a profit. Is this profit halal?

Jobs
25 May

ANSWER: This is illegal and it is haram money

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QUESTION: What to do if a female manager calls a man to her room to assign him some tasks and entering her room submit his work? this is impossible to avoid in his country, should he be jobless because khalwa cannot be avoided?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
23 May

ANSWER: He must disclose to her his Islamic beliefs and keep the door of the room open.

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