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  • Preparing letters to banks and insurance companies as part of job duties

    Assalaamu alaykom. First, I would like to thank you for your efforts, and I apologize if my question is long, but it is so important to me as I am currently so sad and worried, and I do not know what to do. I work as a human resources officer in a private company, and I want to ask about some of the official letters that I have to issue. Among my duties.. More

  • Working as part-time singer without music

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a singer, and I want to take singing as a hobby and part-time profession. Of course, I will not use music, but some people tell me that singing and vocal melody in itself, even without music, is haram, and they cite proof that the Companions, may Allaah be pleased with him, criticised singing. However, in all your fatwas, I read.. More

  • Working in children's park where random sins are committed

    Assalaamu alaykum. I want to have a tea stall in an amusement park. This park is mainly for children, but sometimes some sins are committed there, like children's female guardians coming without hijab or non-married couples dating. Can I still open the stall there? .. More

  • Paying and recording interest as part of accountant's job

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please do not direct me to another fatwa. I live in America, and I work as a staff accountant, and I have different clients, but all clients have checking accounts and savings accounts that earn interest. I am in charge of recording the interest which they gain through these accounts in a book. Some clients, not all, take out loans.. More

  • Using pirated software in teaching computer science

    Assalaamu alaykum, Shaykh. A person has offered me a job. He is about to open a computer institute, and he needs someone who could teach the students. The fees will be shared between him and the teacher in half. I can teach as many subjects as I wish, and the profit will be shared between us in half. However, I am sure that he will use pirated software.. More

  • Doctor treating opposite gender without necessity

    Assalaamu alaykum. If a male or female doctor examines and treats patients of the opposite gender without necessity, is their income halal? .. More

  • Working for company established with interest-based loan

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have two specific questions based on interest. Firstly, I would like to know; if a company takes an interest-based loan to sustain or even build itself and hires employees, which is the case for most companies these days, is it impermissible to work for these companies? For example, working in the engineering, logistics and other.. More

  • Getting commercial car insurance to work and support family

    Assalaamu alaykum. May Allaah bless you. I would like to work for a company called Uber as a driver with my own car. The issue is that the company requires that the car be insured in order to be accepted to work with the company. In the country in which I live, insurance is not deemed obligatory by the government. However, the company makes it mandatory.. More

  • Recording interest on late tax payment

    I am an accountant and I have my own accounting practice; one of the services I offer is to bring the tax payers up to date if they have not disclosed income before. In this service, after all calculations, we have to work out the tax liability as well as the interest due on the late paymentwith a government calculator. I wanted to know the following:.. More

  • Using stolen bike to go to work

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question regarding doing business based on funding that is mixed from permissible and prohibited sources. I have several scenarios: - The first scenario is the following: if I have a bike which I got from someone who stole it. I know that this is wrong, but let us say that I still use the bike for work. Does this makes.. More

  • Using credit card as part of work duties

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Dear Shaykh, am I allowed to use my company credit card issued by a conventional bank (interest-based) for e-government services for company purpose. Please note that I am in no way involved in settling the interest or the amount with the bank. I am only using the credit card given by the company the.. More

  • Violating terms of advertising on Google

    If we earn through advertisement through google but somehow intentionally violate Google's policies and terms in a way that Google does not know about it, will that earning be halal? I am talking about a minor violation of terms like, for example, Google does not want us to advertise directly to the affiliate link; we should first make a landing page,.. More

  • Widespread use of pirated software at work

    Dear Shaykh, assalaamu alaykum. My question is about working as a systems administrator in a company that uses pirated software. Please note that I will have to maintain and support and also install pirated software on company systems; it is customary to use pirated software in Pakistan. Almost all companies use it, except for some big companies who.. More

  • Handling insurance bills and bank statements at work

    Assalaamu alaykum. I will try to explain my situation in details. I work as a secretary in a social office. I have many lawful tasks, like answering the phone, writing letters, and so on. We are helping people, socially, and also with their administrative affairs. Most of them have financial issues and cannot deal with these themselves. It means that.. More

  • Violating traffic law without getting fined

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please answer immediately. My father just broke a traffic law. Since it was dawn, no police officer saw it and fined us. Does this fine become a debt? If we broke a law, is it obligatory to admit it and pay the fines to the authorities? Thank you. .. More