Ijaarah

Q: 

1. If all of a person's income is haraam, can you accept a gift of dawat from such a person (i.e. you are sure that he has no halaal wealth or income)? 

2. Can you work for such a person? The work you are doing for him is of a halaal nature, but he is going to pay you your salary from haraam money. 

3. If such a wishes to purchase something from you and you are certain that the money he is paying with haraam money, will it be permissible to sell to him? 

4. Will there be any difference in the ruling if the person (whose income is haraam) is a non-Muslim?

Q: I would like advice regarding the following: 

My father works in the bank and it's his only source of income. After finding out that interest is war with Allah Ta'ala, I decided to find a job and move out. 

My question is, now that I have a job and moved out, all the stuff that were bought for me by my father what do I do with it? Do I give it away or can I still use it? My clothing, I have tools my father bought and basically everything I have is from my father, what do I do?

Q: Is it permissible for a tailor/dressmaker to alter clothing of non-Muslims? 

For example if a Hindu brings a sari to alter for Diwali or a Christian tells the tailor that they need the clothes altered for Christmas, will it be permissible for the tailor to do this job?

Q: My father is a Muslim. He got a job offer by a non-muslim to come and work for him. My father is a blockman in a butchery. He cuts meat and so forth, but this person works with pork meat etc. Will it be permissible for my father to work for him even though my father does not consume their food etc.?

Q: Please advise with regard to the following aspects in connection with domestic helpers: 

1. Is it necessary to fix the daily/weekly times of work, or is it okay to have a casual arrangement, such as starting and finishing on flexible times, but getting the work completed? 

2. If there is an occasion or family function, the helpers are automatically expected and required to assist with all the set up and clean up etc. This can go up to late in the evening, even after 10 pm. Is this acceptable as part of the "understanding" between the parties that such events will come and the helpers will be required to work? 

3. The helper does not work on Sundays. If any occasion or family function falls on a Sunday, does the helper have to be separately remunerated for the Sunday work? 

4. Almost every few months, we have guests who stay for a few days. Sometimes, it is an entire family. This obviously increases the workload of the helper in many aspects, such as cleaning, washing and ironing of clothes, etc. Does this have to be separately remunerated? 

5. If in the past the worker was made to work overtime without any remuneration, or was given extra tasks which took more than the normal time, out of negligence and without realising that this was not correct in terms of shariah, how does one now make amends for this? 

If any helper worked in this manner and has left and there is no trace of the person, how does one make amends? 

6. Some helpers grudgingly accept a lesser amount than the general norm or what they are happy to work for, due to desperately wanting a job. How do I ascertain if the wage being paid is fair and I am not exploiting the helper in any way? Is there a way to determine what is fair and what is exploitation? 

7. Can salary be deducted for damage caused by the helper due to negligence or lack of due attention while engaging in the tasks? 

8. Any general advice with regard to employment and treatment of the domestic helpers will be much appreciated.

Q: I work in an audit firm. One of the clients we have is a retail supermarket with over 25 companies/branches. 1 of the companies is selling alcohol. 

1. Please advise if we can do the audit of such a company? 

2. If not permissible but the audit was done previously, what must be done with the audit fee?

Q: What is the ruling for someone who is using a card machine and charges the customer the same percentage that the company charges them for using the card machine in order for the shopkeeper to access the customer's money?

Q: I recently started learning how to do balloon decorations and someone asked me to make some decor for their birthday party and my mom agreed without me giving consent first. 

I am well aware that we are not allowed to celebrate birthdays and I do NOT intend on celebrating nor attending this birthday party. Am I allowed to make the balloon decorations for this person with the intention of not celebrating with them?