Q: I'm a dentist and I want to work and gain money through halaal means so that Allah is pleased with me. So I'm interested in the cosmetic dentistry field in which we make smiles more pleasing with crowns, veneers or filling techniques. Kindly guide be about the shariah rulings in this matter as I will take the next step accordingly.
Q: Zaid let his house out to a non-Muslim. While residing in the house, the non-Muslim conducts his acts of worship. Will this invalidate the lease?
Q: We have been running a shop for the past 8 years. We have been paying a monthly rental subject to a 10% yearly increase. However, during the last year, after the increase, we have been paying say R10 000. Due to rising costs, etc. we decided to physically split the shop in half and give it to our neighbour for R9000. We had the permission of the landlord to do this. This effectively meant that we were now paying R1000 for our portion which is quite a bargain. However, now the landlord says that what we have done is not Shari’ah compliant. We would like to know whether it is permissible or not.
Q: Please advise whether it is permissible to buy a property on which any of the following tenants are found:
1. Non muslim homes
2. Supermarkets that sell haram products
3. Liquor stores
4. Gambling dens
5. Non muslim places of worship
6. Banks
Q: I want to ask that I am working in audit firm and currently I have to audit different clients. Currently I am in bank audit. Can I drink water from bank premises as mostly income of the bank is based on interest and whether I can eat the foods from the money which is given by bank to my firm and my firm gives us to utilize for foods and dinner etc as we have to work late night.
Q: I work in an organisation which is an entrepreneurship development institute. The organisation trains entrepreneurs, offers business development services and provides them finance for starting their business by linking them to banks where they are charged interest and give loans directly also. I am working there as a coordinator responsible for the preparation of entrepreneur’s project reports which cover all the aspects including financials of the business. In simple words, entrepreneurs are given loans for business and I prepare their project reports without which they can’t get a loan facility as it is considered to be an essential document for securing finance. I want to know whether my job is halaal or haraam, and in case it’s haraam, can I continue working here till I get another job or should I quit immediately?
Q: I am a beautician and I have read that it is haraam to shape the eyebrows. Does this only apply to me shaping my own eyebrows or does it apply to me shaping other people’s eyebrows for them as well? Secondly, will the ruling apply to non-Muslims as well?
Q: Can I work in a non-Muslim restaurant where I will have to serve haraam food?
Q:
1. A Muslim employee works for an engineering company, and the company is employed to do the engineering (beams, slabs, columns, foundations, etc.) for a temple. The Muslim employee is tasked with designing the structure by his boss. Is it permissible for him to do this?
2. Similarly, if a Muslim owns the engineering company and someone approaches him for this job, can he accept it?
3. What is the ruling if they are not involved in the actual temple, but are working on another building on the same land that has rooms, dormitories, toilets, etc. for the use of occupants of the temple?
Q: In certain fast food establishments, the staff are not paid wages. The staff survive on tips of the customers. Is this permissible in Islam?