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  • Lobbying to receive government services

    Salam Alaikum, Islamic Ruling on Lobbying: I wish to know Islamic ruling on lobbying. I am a government worker in a society that largely provides official services based lobbying. These services include staff welfare, training, attending workshops, participating in beneficial meetings. Nominations for above depends on lobbying. As a Muslim should.. More

  • An employee offered a gift that has to do with his work

    DEAR SIR,ONE OF MY RELATIVE WORKING IN A CONTRACTING COMPANY IN GULF,HE IS INCHARGE FOR QUALITY CONTROLL OF THE MATERIALS WHICH PURCHASED BY THE COMPANY.ONE OF THE MANUFACTURER WHICH MY RELATIVE INTRODUCED TO THE COMPANY FOR SUPPLY OF MATERIALS AS HE KNOWS THE QUALITY OF MATERIAL IS GOOD.NOW THE MANUFACTURER SEND THE QUOTATION TO THE COMPANY THAT HE.. More

  • Bribed to get a visa for his wife who is a hepatitis B carrier

    My question is a rather different one. I am working at a foreign land. I left Pakistan last year, and was then unemployed. My wife is a hepatitis B carrier, which is not contageous(able to spread) or harmful and the virus is dead(in DNA). I had to call her and my son at this place but according to this country rules she was unable to come at the permanent.. More

  • Giving bribery to settle a traffic matter

    Assalamualaikum wr wb. To reconcile a traffic matter with a police officer on the street, can i give an amount of money? I know that it's wrong to bribe but i have no choice since i can be in much worse trouble later.. More

  • She asks her younger sister for a kiss before helping her

    assalam wa alykum i have a younger sister who sometimes asks me to do some work for her, but i tell her that if she kiss me then only i will do that work for her otherwise i will not. what is the ruling on this? is this called as beribery?.. More

  • Doctors taking promotional gifts from pharmaceutical companies

    Greetings of Sala'am, I am in pharmaceutical industry and I would like to inquire the Shariah acceptability of the traditional practices of Medical sales representatives-- giving gifts, promotional materials such as plane tickets and trip abroad, aircon, laptops etc. to Doctors just to prescribe the products they are promoting. Can you please cite qur'anic.. More

  • An employee taking a commission from the companies dealing with his organization

    AOAWWB I am from Pakistan,My father in law was government officer(accounts) He was reponsible for all type of purchasing for the Institute he was working for, he fixed the percentage amount with the suppliers from the profit amount they were getting from the products they were supplying to the ORG.When I came to know that way and I asked him then he.. More

  • Paying bribery to get a house which can only be owned through a draw

    Assalam alaikum, A friend of mine wants to buy a house which is built by a goverment body and he has some doubt regarding bribing. Normally what happens in our state is whenever a goverment brings up any housing scheme it invites people to file application for the same. since the number of applicants are very large, selection of candidate is based on.. More

  • Bribing to stay permanently in a Muslim country

    as salaamu alaykum wa rahmantullah! since maing hijrah from the west to a Islamic country it has been a blessing. I have learned that in order to stay permanently in this country I may have to pay a bribe. this is troublesome to say the least. I want to follow all laws of my adopted country and live in a halal way. and if the police ask for this bribe.. More

  • Gifts to an employee from contractors dealing with his company

    According to the Sharee'ah, is it permitted for us to accept gifts (like calendars, or dairies, or watches, etc.), at the beginning of every year, from the Contractors who are working for our company (we award them contracts)? Please advice. .. More

  • Gifts given to the employee while working

    I know that gifts given to an employee while working for his company is for the company and not the employee. My company's policy is that such gifts are left for the boss of respective units to decide on if the recipients should take them or he might decide otherwise. Now, I read not too long ago that such gifts should not even be collected at.. More

  • Gifts given to the employee by customers

    I am aware that while an employee is working for his employer all gifts given to him by customers of his employer are not to be collected and if collected they are for the employer. But sometimes when we go to site to do some jobs for our company, customers offer us food, drinks accommodation or transport and other things that are not monetary... More

  • Receiving a commission from a company that does business with his employer

    I am working for a company producing carton and consuming paper, working for sales department. I helped the company to buy paper and the paper company giving me commission, is it legal or it is bribe?.. More

  • Sharing company secrets for monetary gain

    I’m currently working with a Japanese company in Malaysia. My company involves in selling steel products. Steel products are imported from Japan. My clients include many major oil companies. I work as a marketing executive and receive monthly salary. My duty is to find market for our products. In the course of fulfilling my job, I meet many people.. More

  • Paying a bribe and over-charging fees

    Three months after the end of each fiscal year we file a tax return as a mandatory government requirement. After another 3-4 months we will return to thetax authorities for issuance of tax returnand assessment order against our filed tax papers. The tax department staff took some money from us for the issuance of tax assessment orders. We are.. More