Ijaarah

Q: I am doing an online job. My company is a forex trading company. I want to ask about the salary which I get from this company is halal or haraam for me? Kindly explain?

Q: Is it permissible in Islam to have an accounting job? Or a financial analyst? Every company nowadays deals with interest. So avoiding it
completely will be very difficult. Please advice in which situations it will be permissible and impermissible? 

Q: A friend of mine is an architect and he was awarded a contract to design a church. Can he accept the contract?

Q: I am trying to find out for a friend the permissibility of working for a company that is mainly involved with making/creating arms and selling them to companies globally including countries that use them to kill Muslims. The companies main areas of business are Defence (80%) and remainder Space/Travel. He would be working in the IT division and would have no direct involvement with the defence areas of business. He has asked a few well known scholars who said it would be deemed permissible but wasn't able to get any elaboration/clarification as to how it was exactly permissible. The company is also involved in talks with creating an office in Tel Aviv.

Q: I worked for a certain company for 9 months. My boss once came to me, started swearing me and chased me from the shop. I opened a case against him and we went to court. When he chased me away, he owed me wages for 3 days. Yesterday was my CCMA case and the court ruled that he now has to pay me R5500. Is it permissible for me to accept this money?

Q: I got a job without any bribe as a primary teacher in Aasaam India and my school is 30 km away from my house. The Government Time to start shool is 9 Am but the students do not come before 10 am due to the distance. I also reach at 10 am but in the attendance register I have to write arrival at 9 am. But the school breaks at 2 pm 1 hour after its actual time. Is it permissible and in accordance to taqwa?

Q: I am currently going to college for a chefs degree and I am often given to cook or handle wine pork and haraam beef. Is it allowed for me to do this?

Q: My wife and I assist with the cooking at functions for which we receive remuneration. At times, the functions are un-Islamic (engagements) and there is open violation of Shari’ah laws (e.g. intermingling of sexes). We are in no way involved with the function. We only assist with the cooking and kitchen. Is it permissible for us to assist with the cooking and is the money earned halaal?

Q: I would like to study and become and electrical engineer. I live in the UK and working in this field means doing the job in domestic homes, factories, outside work, in offices and business, construction sites etc. Also men and women mixing is unavoidable. There may be a time (whether it's continuous or not) when I have a female client for a home domestic job, or an office company where men and women mix and whose company is something haram or a mix of haram and halal, like insurance or entertainment, restaurant that may sell alcohol. 

My question is: Can I still do this work for clients or provide them my services who may sometimes be women or a business which is haram, as the work may be varied; so one day at someone's home who is a woman or a business whose dealings are either haram or mixed, and another day with men and with a business that is halal for example?  Do I need to be picky? My job would be to just provide them with a service and my intention would be to earn a living. Would my earning be haram in any way?

Q: I have a part time maid working at my house. I have fixed a monthly salary with her agreement. I don't cut her pay if she takes off if she is sick or if I don't call her for a day or two. But if she travels for 2 months to meet her family, am I obliged to pay her for those months or not, we don't have any contract and she travels on her own expenses. Are there any other rules of shariah related to part time help that we should know of? She attends to three different homes daily.