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