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  • Paying bribe to get job

    Assalamu alaikum. To get a government job here, interviews for the selection of candidatesare takenby a commission, but the system is not pure, and many people have to pay to get a seat. Off course, all the applicants who apply are eligible for that seat, and theselection should be donebased on the interview and academic criteria; however, very few.. More

  • Paying commission to get work orders

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a business. When I go to companies to obtain orders, the concerned staff give us orders with the condition that we pay them a commission under the table in order to get the order. (If the company's original price for the item is 100, then the staff will get 10% extra as a commission and we sell it by keeping 20% for our company.. More

  • Taking commission from outsourced contractors

    My brother works for a company in a particular department. If a need for outsource work arises in his department, it is the duty of another department in the company to ensure that they get the right contractor to do this task. However, they ignore this task and make my brother's department search for such an outsourcer. My brother, being in a responsible.. More

  • Adding commission of salesperson to bill of purchase

    I work as a purchase manager in a company. While joining the company, the management informed me of the salary package in the interviewand told me that I may get a commission from the suppliers and can take it. While I purchase a product for 100 USD, for example, they bill it for 110 USD, and the suppliers then send the commission to my account. Is.. More

  • Giving tips to workers and gifts to public servants or scholars

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it haram to give tips to workers? Is it haram to give gifts to public servants? Is it haram to give gifts to Muslim scholars? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Accepting a gift for helping students solve exam questions

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please, I am scared and need to know if what I did is haram or not. Somebody came to me to help their students to solve some questions needed for an exam. Although I initially refused to do it, he later told me that its because they do not have a teacher. However, after I finished the work. he gave me money, which I never requested,.. More

  • Lawfulness of the rent of a house bought with bribe money

    A person built a house with bribe money. Is the rent of this house halal or haram? Please give hadiths and Quran and answer the question. Please explain your answer. .. More

  • Paying secret commissions to corporate figures to shift to Islamic insurance

    Assalaamu alaykum. I work for a takaful(Islamic Insurance)companyin a GCC country as Head of Sales, my job is to increase the sales by targeting all the corporations. In this part of the world,since ages,it has been a practice or custom followed by this market to pay a certain commission under the table to the decision makers in the corporations to.. More

  • Using one's connections to get a job

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a student of graduate class (MSc) of an institution in Bangladesh. I was planning to do my thesis under the supervision of one of my professors who lives in the USA (he is a guest faculty of my institution). So I contacted him (through email) to request doing my thesis under his supervision. One day, he phoned me and asked me.. More

  • Using connections to bypass university admissions deadline

    I would like to know what is the ruling on "wasta" or basically using ur connections to get something done. For example my situation is thatI want to go to university in Canada in the fall semsester but the deadline for tht is over. However it seems to be the case that i know someone who can get me into the university for the fall semester despite the.. More

  • What counts as bribery

    My manager at work gives me and other sales rep 100 dollarsif we get 10 sales a day. When he gives us the check he expects 20% cash back. Or otherwise he will cut off the bonus. He used to give us the 100 dollars. With no kick back but stopped. So we asked for it back and told him we will give him 20% if he does it again. Is this harem? Bribery? Or.. More

  • Using a driving license obtained through bribery

    Assalamu alaykum...a friend of mine got her driving lisence ,however it was done by bribing the officials....this happened a year ago,however she regrets what happened and felt that it was illegal and that the lisence was haram n thus has not driven at all since this happened..what is the ruling regarding this?is it permissible to use the license...for.. More

  • Difference between a gift and a bequest

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full brother) Number 2 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A mother) (A full sister) Number 5 - The will which the deceased left behind and that is related.. More

  • He faces problems while running his father's business

    Assalamu Alaikum My qn is regarding Business transaction and ethics. Please help me regarding this. May Allah bless you. I am a young businessman who joined my dad's business recently. We rent heavy trucks for rent to companies in Qatar. So my doubts are us follows: 1- we provide trucks to a company. Now, the official of that company is insisting on.. More

  • Bribes are strictly prohibited

    We work as commission agents / Traders of yarn and fabric.We work with different factories and purchase and sale their goods. Many times managers of these factories demand some share from us for selling and purchasing the goods.We know this is wrong and also try to avoid this. These managers have also established some companies through their relatives.. More