Q: Is it permissible to work as an energy trader? The role would involve trading futures contracts. الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: Trading in futures contracts does not comply with Shari‘ah requirements and so any remuneration earned for performing such activity is not halal. Essentially, a sale contract must be contracted at […]
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Is my income as a para-planner halal?
Q: Is my income as a para-planner ḥalāl, since I will be doing the research but not the advising on the different products (life insurance, mortgages, fixed interest bonds, mutual funds with non sharīʿah compliant companies etc)? I am currently training as a para-planner at a small independent financial advisory firm and I wish to […]
Read more...My employer wants me to exaggerate the time spent on tasks on a timesheet for a client
Q: My employer wants me to exagerate the time spent on tasks on a timesheet for a client. الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: You cannot make a dishonest claim even if it is at the insistence of your employer. If it is normal practice that the time taken to register the time […]
Read more...Working as a pensions administrator
Q: Is working as a pensions administrator allowed in Islam? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومنه الصدق والصواب A: The permissibility of working as a Pensions Administrator depends upon the nature of the work involved. However, it is very highly likely that a significant part of the role if not most of the role will involve processing […]
Read more...Can you transport alcohol and haram food as part of your job?
Q: I would like to ask if you can work as a lorry driver who distributes all types of food to supermarket like Tesco ASDA including pork meat and alcohol drinks. So my Question is in islam can you work like that driver who distributes these food including the alcohol and pork meet although compared with […]
Read more...Can accountants take on clients who sell alcohol?
Q: Can accountants take on clients who sell alcohol? A: It is permitted to draw up financial accounts of a client who sells alcohol. If the client is non-Muslim then the remuneration is also ritually pure. If the client is Muslim and remunerates you from the proceeds of the alcohol specifically or from a co-mingled pot […]
Read more...Is it permissible to work in IT at an investment bank?
Q: Will it be halal income/earning working at Investment banking ( Barclay’s Investment Bank) IT as Software Engineer? A: When working as an employee in a business where a major portion of the business does not conform to the dictates of Sharīʿah there are principally two issues that must be determined: 1. Is the job itself […]
Read more...The charity I work for is funded by banks and Big Lottery Fund: will my wage be halal?
Q: I have some questions regarding employment. I work in the non profit sector so for charities and community organisations. My first question is when applying to these jobs sometimes they state the funding has been granted from such and such organisation. This organisations sometimes is the Big Lottery Fund and also banks such a […]
Read more...Does Islam encourage people to work even if the only work they can find is low paid manual employment?
Q: Does Islam encourage people to work even if the only work they can find is low paid manual employment? الجواب حامدًا و مصليًا و منه الصدق و الصواب A: It is clear that Islam encourages hard work, enterprise and self sufficiency.[1] Even when one is rightfully eligible to receive from the public treasury it […]
Read more...Can I work in a supermarket if I process harām items such as alcohol at the till?
Q: Can I work in a supermarket if I process harām items such as alcohol at the till? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: The legal advice that I have been given is that under English law there is no presumption of agency between a till operator and the supermarket owner/s and that the till […]
Read more...Working as a breast cancer surgeon
Q: I work as a breast cancer surgeon. I reconstruct the breast after it has been removed for cancer. The reconstruction is done by utilising patients own tissue and and silicone implants. Research has shown that patients who lose their breasts have a higher psychological morbidity than patient who have breast reconstruction. Is this islamically permissible […]
Read more...Is working for the financial conduct authority permissible?
Q: Is working for the financial conduct authority permissible? I understand that they regulate all businesses including banks, and set the standard for all businesses. I also know that you have to work closely to the banking industry as part of this role. الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومنه الصدق والصواب This will depend upon the principle […]
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