Permissible and Impermissible employment

Becoming a chartered accountant and taking bursaries from companies

Q: I am a grade 11 student and I want to pursue accounting after school. I am just concerned about whether being a charted accountant is permissible in Islam as it involves recording interest bearing transactions. The accountant is not involved in the actual interest bearing transaction but all he has to do is record it on, the businesses financial statements.

1. Is it permissible to become a charted accountant?

2. Is it permissible to take bursaries from large auditing firms in SA. They offer to pay for all your studies and you have to work with them for 3 years after you qualify. Is it permissible to work for these large auditing companies e.g. Deloitte and Tousche, PWC OR KPMG. They audit the books of large companies that also use interest.

3. Would mufti saheb suggest becoming a charted accountant?

Deceiving to get a job

Q: I would like to know I have done a course in sap basis and I want to apply for a job as a fresher. I won't get any offers so in my city I can get experience by paying amount to the consultant. Hence by adding that experience to my resume is allowed with actually not working for those company's. Is it ok in shariyah to do this, please advice me.

Working for a company that provides services to an insurance company

Q: I am looking for a job. I have seen many vacancies in banking sector but as its prohibited in Islam I never looked to work into banking. Its been a long time I have been looking to find a job. I have got an opportunity to work with one of the MNC, but they provide service to insurance company and my profile will be customer service executive. Its a BPO service provider. So should I join this company or not. Please help me in this case.

Working in the accounts department of a company that sells alcohol

Q: I am working in the accounts department of a company that has a chain of restaurants. In these restaurants, they also sell alcohol. I only work in the accounts department and I don’t sell alcohol, but I do upload invoices on to their system that have records of the alcohol sales. In this case, am I allowed to work at such a place? Will my earnings be halaal?

Helping students with their exam papers and homework

Q: We are working on internet from past 4 to 5 weeks. Our clients send us papers to solve when they are in the examination hall then they demand to solve that paper in a given time. This process is done through the phone. After solving questions we send them the answers and then they right it on their paper to pass the exam. They pay us for solving the paper. Is this sort of earning halaal? They also pay us for solving their homework. Is this sort of earning is halaal?