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  • 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

  • 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

  • Working as accountant in French Council of State

    Assalaamu alaykum. I work as a civil servant for the french Council of State. I am an accountant responsible for the salaries of employees working in administrative courts. These employees do not judge, but they participate in the functioning of the administrative justice. This justice in France is not based on the Islamic law, so I think that my job.. More

  • Working in company that fabricates condoms

    Can I work for a company (in the government sector) that fabricates condoms? .. More

  • Approving licenses for places where sins are committed

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a Transportation Engineer for a Canadian city. Applications are submitted to a big group, say Zoning Bylaw Review, and they circulate the application to various sections like Transportation, Drainage, Hydro, Water... Given that I am in the Transportation Section, I review the applications from a transportation perspective. For.. More

  • Teaching in mixed school where girls do not wear hijab

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am an English language teacher. I have both male and female students in my class. Some female students do not wear the hijab while some do wear it. There are also non-Muslim students. I am unable to impose a dress code as the present situation of our country makes it unsafe to create an Islamic environment. Is it permissible for.. More

  • Impermissibility of keeping job that requires lying to customers

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Sheikh. I have a question regarding my husband's job. He is new to Saudi Arabia and used to work as a financial analyst in India. Now, after a year has passed, he finally got a job as a sales supervisor in a company. In this field, many employees are put under pressure in order to sell the products.. More

  • Making clothes with pictures of animate beings on them

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a garment merchandiser. I am working for a knitwear company. Our job is to take orders from buyers and produce the garments following the buyer's indications or design. As most of the buyers are non-Muslims, they demand to put a picture of animate beings or the logo of their brand on the fabrics. I know that pictures of animate.. More

  • Working in photo editing and making TV advertisements

    Assalaamu alaykum. My interest is in making TV advertisements, photo editing, and animation, but I have not started any work on those things, so I just want to know whether they are permissible in Islam? .. More

  • Ruling on working under man-made laws

    Assalaamu alaikum. I wanted to know if it is haram to work in a government where one is required to review, exercise, and process applications or cases according to man-made laws (Immigration Law, Transportation Law, or Health Law). I am interested in working as a Citizenship & Immigration processing agent, where they identify cases of potential.. More

  • Pursuing career as actuary

    Can I pursue a career as an actuary? The degree is called actuarial science and involves a high amount of mathematical analysis, which predicts, as best as may be possible, future risks in financial investments. Some of the jobs available with this degree are in the insurance and banking sector as well as numerous other industry sectors such as pension,.. More

  • Lawfulness of income of non-Muslim mother

    I live with my father and my non-Muslim mother, who works outside the house in a mixed envinronment, though I think the job itself is permissible (visa application); is this source of income halal? And is it permissible for me to let my mother spend on me from her wealth, knowing that my father also has a job that pays well? And if not, then what about.. More

  • Auditing usurious bank accounts in company records

    What is the ruling on working in auditing offices, knowing that the job of the auditor is to check the company's accounts and budgets, which may contain records of bank accounts or interest, but that he is not the one who wrote these accounts or dealt with them at all; rather, he is only reviewing or checking them? All of that is for the purpose of.. More

  • Preparing shipping documents for alcohol shipment

    Assalaamu alaykum. I work in a Clearance company. They also clear Alcohol; I would like to know whether preparing the documentation for such shipments is haram. Please give me an answer that is supported with the Quran and hadiths. .. More

  • Designing logo for indecent outfits

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am working in a marketing agency as a graphic designer. I do kiosks and stands for marketing and design uniforms for those who will do marketing with people. A few days ago, they asked me to do a picture for a beach uniform for girls wearing hot shorts. They wanted me to "just put the logo on the uniform." At first I refused, but.. More