Ijaarah

Paying a fixed rate for electricity

Q: Is it permissible to enter into a fixed plan with ones energy supplier? By fixed plan I mean entering into a contract to pay a fixed price per kWh for any gas/electricity used during the coming year. The alternative is to remain on a variable plan, which means that the price of the gas/electricity fluctuates depending on market prices.

Forfeiting one's holiday if it is not taken in a certain time

Q: I am working for a Muslim family in their warehouse for more than 5 years. I have never been on holiday nor been paid for working in the holiday. When I asked them they told me that my 5 year holidays were gone (as per the law in our country). I know that by Allah, no right can be lost.

Note: Over these 5 years I thought I don't have a right of holiday as I work a few hours a week. No one from this family told me that I have a right for holiday. 

Working for a company that charges a fee to do homework and assignments for students

Q: I want to ask if it is halal and permissible by law to get paid to do someones homework, college and university assignments, thesis and so on. Students hire us and provide us the material/structure or question given by a professor or teacher and we write answers for them with a fee. I work for the company who provides this service to international students. Should I leave this job or wait until I get another one?