Business and Dealings

Q: Our office says that we have 22 paid leaves in a year, and we can utilize them in any case of emergency. But if there are no emergencies then you cannot take a leave, and after a year if there are some leaves left they will be wasted, because we didnt utilized them.

At the end of the year if we did not fall sick or needed any emergency then our leaves are wasted. My problem is that I spend 9 hours in the office and remaining few hours in home, do the normal stuff like prayer, eating, house things, so I have very less time for Quran studies and Arabic studies. I have started it but the progress is slow and I want to do more but time is not there.

So now I cant take leave saying that I want to learn Quran or Arabic, I will have to fall sick or any emergency, or else it will be a lie, but I know each minute is important, I want to use this time in a good way, Allah is my top priority not the job, so how can I use those 22 leaves for a better purpose, compared to doing stuff at office.

Can I lie to my boss that I am sick and then I study and learn Islam all day, is that right?

Q: I earn money through marketing and selling health products online. Is this allowed in Islam?

Q: Is it permissible to work in a bank as a probationary officer or a clerk or if I prepare for a bank exam with an intention of working there. Is that preparation permissible. If I intend to work in a bank with an intention of getting married and if I intend to leave that job after marriage. In such a case, What is halal and what is haram?

Q: Is insurance broker living halaal in North America? Should Muslims go to that Profession?

Q: Is voting permissible? If I live in Pakistan and I vote for a Muslim who will work for the betterment of the country. If I won't vote, maybe a wrong person comes in charge and can destroy our country.

Q: My question is in business if some one lends money to other company for help and that company returns money very late but returns with extra money added. Should we keep that extra money or return? Please make a point that the lender got loss in business because of the borrower returning the money late.

Q: The duty-free section of certain airports sells tickets. I want to buy a ticket with the intention that if I win, I will give the money to needy people. Is this permissible?

Q: Is it permissible to redeem Nedbank Greenbacks for cash? Greenbacks Rewards is easy to understand and easy to use. You earn Greenbacks every time you swipe your linked Greenbacks card on eligible spend.

The Greenbacks Rewards Programme has a monthly linkage fee of R17, which is charged in arrears. Choose how you spend your rewards, your rewards are automatically loaded onto your "Free Shop Card" which you can use at over 100 000 stores, withdraw as cash from any ATM and even use it overseas. The Choice is yours.

Q: I am working as a pharmacist in Abudhabi UAE. To work as a pharmacist we have to pass UAE exam. Either HAAD for Abudhabi or DHA for dubai or MOH for sharjah. To write the exam we have to provide 2 year pharmacy experience certificate from any country. Most of the people they will make a fake pharmacy experience certificate and write the exam. We have to prepare a lot for the exam. Once we pass the exam, we have to search job in uae. Once we get a job we will get the pharmacy license to work in uae. My question is in India I worked as med representative and I applied for uae exam. They told they need pharmacy experience only. I got experience letter from my friend pharmacy and wrote the exam and passed the exam. It is online. but I didnt work in pharmacy. After passing I got the job in hospital. In interview I told them I work in pharmacy in India. Now I have a HAAD license and I am working in big hospital in Abu Dhabi. My question is my earning will be haraam or what kind of job I should do. Or with the current 2 year of Abu Dhabi experience can I write dubai or sharjah exam. To write any exam we have to provide 2 year minimum pharmacy experience. To practice in uae. I don't want to work as med representative because we have to lie a lot.

Q: I'm a doctor. Can I accept gifts from a reputed pharma company and price to patient is not affected?