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  • Job that involves maintenance for usurious banks

    Assalaamu alaykum. I was wondering whether my job is haram. I work at a call center that does maintenance requests (for goverment building, banks, and so on). My question specificially is that I have to track email maintenance service requests for a bank as well. I do not want to disappoint Allaah, The Exalted. I love this job because I am able to do.. More

  • Working in financial networks like Bloomberg and Telerate

    Assalaamu alaykum. I woud like to check whether it is permissible for muslims to work at Reuters, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Telerate, ... of which the main business consists of providing systems and information for stock trading. .. More

  • Working in factory of silicone gel for breast implants

    Assalaamu alaykom. I have been offered a job in a company that manufactures silicon gel designed for breast implants. The breast implant gel is implanted in a woman to improve her appearance. The gel represents about 50-70% of the company's revenue. As part of this job, I will be directly responsible for gel manufacturing. The company manufactures and.. More

  • Working in a mobile money transaction company

    Assalaamu alaykum. I work in a mobile money transaction company that deals with banks (both Islamic and non-Islamic). They ask users to open an account in their mobile, which may or may not contain interest as per banks' regulations. Their main job is to transfer money from one account to another via mobile for transactions like paying school fees,.. More

  • Working during Friday prayer permissible to women

    Assalaamu alaykum. I would like to ask if it is halal to work on a Friday during the Friday prayer time. I am a girl who works part-time in a restaurant that does not close at that time. Is it permissible for me to work at that time, or is it haram because shops should be closed then? .. More

  • Earning unlawful income to bring family to Canada

    Assalaamu alaykum Brother. I am a student living in canada. Formerly, I asked about the purity of my job that I have in a call centre, and you helped me a lot by letting me know that the job is not halal. I have another question regarding this. As the job is not halal, I will quit it, Allaah willing, and look for another one. However, I am a student,.. More

  • Buying compulsory car insurance by monthly installments

    Assalaamu alaykum. In Britain, it is compulsory to buy car insurance in order to legally drive. There are two options for payment: For example: 1. £1000 for one annual payment 2. £110 per month if a person wishes to pay in installments. This adds up to £1320. In the sharia, is the second option considered interest? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Using private car as taxi

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I will go straight to the point. At present, I am working abroad, and I recently bought a car and now want to earn extra so that is why I try to work as a private taxi with low charges compared to a real taxi. I try to serve people. My question is: is this income halal? If not, I have already earned.. More

  • Working at Catholic school

    Asalaamu alaykum. I was offered a job as a kitching assistant, but it is at a Catholic primary school where they might tell me to serve things like pork or clean dishes. The uniform is a long shirt and trousers, but they allow to cover the head. Is this a permissible job? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Secret assessment of employees' performance in a traffic company

    Assalaamu alaykum. There is a traffic company that is offering a job that is a part of an improvement project. They are offering extra jobs as a "mystery passenger" where your job is to check up on the quality of the staff and the enviroment of the company by asking questions to the staff and do observations. What I have understood is that your are.. More

  • Avoiding paying taxes on bank deposits

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have some money which I kept in a Islamic Bank. The Bank gives me profits. Here, I do not find any service from the government, but the government taxes it. Am I bound to pay it? Of course, if I do not want to pay it, then I am to submit a statement concealing my income or showing the income on someone - who is actually not owner.. More

  • Working in store that sells Israeli products

    I asked you the following question, but you referred me to other fatwas that I did not understand. I also have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Please answer me with yes or no. May Allaah reward you. my Question is: Assalamu alaykum. I work in a store that sells beds, home stuff, and furniture as a stocker and sales associate. The store does.. More

  • Working in hospitals and schools where there is mixing

    Assalaamu alaykum. If a person works in a hospital in the West and has to registrate, book, and receive bookings from people. Is it permissble to do that if it involves free mixing between men and women? For example, if a woman is booking an appoinment with a male doctor and vice versa, will the receptionist be sinful or contributing or helping in a.. More

  • Buying shares in new company through lottery process

    Assalaamu alaykum. In Bangladesh, when a new company comes into the stock market, it is entered by IPO. This process is a lottery system. Here, however, if you do not win the lottery, they give your money back. Nevertheless, their system is a lottery process. And if you win the lottery, they always give you more then original amount. So my question.. More

  • A male doctor treating female patients without necessity

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please answer this question because the answers that I was given are not accurate for my situation. I want to know whether I can become a physician working in an emergency department or urgent care center? I am male. In these fields, I am randomly assigned patients, female or male, even if there is a female physician present. Also,.. More