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  • Workplace uses on-hold music in phone calls

    I got hired by a law firm. They represent people who have been hurt in car accidents. My job is to bring people to call them for this service. My question is on their phone system they have on-hold music. This music is out of my control nor can I work around it.When someone I referr Calls they might be on-hold and hear the music.Is there sin on me if.. More

  • Handling symbols and images of disbelief at work

    As-salamu alaikum,i have questions concerning working in the west. Are following jobs allowed? I think what i will mention is common in european countries and it would be difficult to avoid it.1. If you work for a company and you are a car cleaner and there is a car which has a symbol of a cross or a national flag or the brand name is derived from an.. More

  • Working in a hospital bearing the name of a Christian saint

    Urgent: Working in a hospital with polytheistic names and printing the name on documents 1. There are some hospitals, which has the name "Saint Johannes" (it contains Shirk) or other names which contain Shirk. Can a student work there for the university because he needs that even there are hospitals which are more far away but they have.. More

  • Developing an app that redirects users to general sales websites

    Assalamu alaykum, i'm developing barcode scanner apps and I'm worried that my apps might be used for haram. I've come up with 3 different models: 1. The app scans the barcode and takes the user to Amazon 2. As above but I also get a cut if the user buys the product from Amazon. 3. The app scans the barcode and displays the name of the product the price.. More

  • Ruling on male doctors specializing in obstetrics

    Assalamu alaikum Shaykh, I am a medical student and I must choose what specialty I want to pursue soon. I am strongly considering obstetrics. However, I am a male and I have read that it is haram for men to enter the field unless there is a shortage of obstetricians. There is no shortage of obstetricians where I live, but if I make it my intention to.. More

  • Job assignment involves calculating interest

    Assalamu Alaikum WRWB respected Mufti, I have been working in a Hospital as an Analyst Programmer, supporting and developing different applications that do not require interest; however, there's one application for Health Insurance which has interest calculation and was written by somebody else but I have been supporting the users of that application.. More

  • His brother abandoned him because he refused to sell alcohol

    Assala-mu-alai-kum. I have my brother who own a petrol station,supermarket and a restaurant at the same place. In the supermarket and restaurant he sales rum in there. He order me to go and control the supermmarket but I refuse because of the rum he sales in there I don't want to be part of it. So as a result of this he cut off ties with me. To such.. More

  • The legitimate necessity whereby unlawful job is permitted

    i have asked question earlier with question .no 2531915 ...but in you have not answered my important question i.e., making money from ptc sites [[[to know more about ptc sites see my question and read links given in it]]]....here i actually know that making money from ptc sites is haram but is it permissable for me as i dont have any other option to.. More

  • Working for a company that leases property to a usurious bank

    Assalamu`Alaykum Warahmatulahi Wabarakatuhu I have an opportunity to work as an accountant in a company .The Company is a Travel agent and have Real estate properties that are Let out.The company does not borrow any loan to run their business or deal in Riba, but one of the building properties of the company is let out to a Riba based bank.As an accountant.. More

  • Employment promoting stem cell products

    Assalamualaikum My name is Sarah n i work in a call centre. Ive just joined a new procees which promotes lifecell products. lifecelll is an international bank which stores stem cell from naval cords of new born babies. these cells are then used to treat lethal diseases like cancer, blood cancer, parkinson s disease which were untill now considered to.. More

  • Repairing vehicles whose plates carry the sign of the cross

    As-Salamu Alaikum brother, Dear Shaykh, I am currently in my 20s, and I recently paid for a program that deals with trucks and construction equipment as a technician, or repair man. My problem is, I have been very confused and worried about a particular issue concerning this work, and I would like some advice please. In Ontario, the license plates have.. More

  • Working in a field that involves committing prohibitions except in case of necessity

    Shaykh I'm from Kashmir. As you know it's a disputed land having very few opportunities of jobs with which a person can run a family because here we don't have industries etc. Everything is messed up here. We have jobs here but they provide peanuts which is not sufficient to suffice your cellphone bill let alone run a family. Our youth move on to gulf.. More

  • Ruling on working as a paramedic in non-Muslim countries and practicing freestyle wrestling

    Are males allowed to be a paramedic in Canada? Is it allowed for us to join professional wrestling like the WWE if we don't show our awrah and not wear tight clothing .. More

  • Driving a taxi marked with advertisements

    my question is,i am cab driver i drive a lease cab from company,and the owner decided to install to the can that i am driving som kind of advertising at the upper side of the cab.so can i continue working on that cab? .. More

  • Working in a trucking company that carries lawful and unlawful goods

    Dear brother As-Salaamu 'Alaykum, I have a question in hopes that you can help me out by answering it and clearing up the matter for me. I am a practicing Muslim and I work as a dispatcher for a trucking company. My job is to find truck-loads for our company truck drivers. I use the phone to call different companies and book from them loads for the.. More