Q: Can getting paid a salary when working for a hospice be halal ? The reception job I wish to apply is a registered charity in England funded by private companies and private sponsors but some of it comes from the cove Macmillan cancer centre, volunteers fundraising campaigns, marathons, tea parties, second hand charity shops […]
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Can you work for a music radio station?
Q: I’ve recently started a job with a company involved in the radio industry, they mainly play music. I work as a developer, on their back end systems, such as reporting what songs were played and when, etc and also on an iPhone application that lets people choose songs they want to listen to. Could you […]
Read more...Is it permissible to work for a clearing house?
Q: I need your guidance in regards to a job offer that I have received. I have been offered a job at the VP (the central securities depository in Denmark) as a relationship manager. My main responsibility would be: •Ensuring that the clients are satisfied with the overall service they are receiving. •Promoting and selling […]
Read more...Analysing the impact of changes in the interest rates as part of the job
Q: I was planning to apply for the Government Economic Service’s graduate scheme. Is it halal to work in such a profession in which I may be required to analyse, say, the impact of changes in the interest rates? The work is wide-ranging so it is not guaranteed that I would end up doing such a […]
Read more...Can I handle fruits and vegetables as part of my job?
Q: My question is regarding the handling of fruits and vegetables in the workplace as one’s job. Picking and packing them. And ones wages in return for this. I know the general principle is that fruits and vegetables are halal, but in this day and age, they have chemical sprays and insecticides/pesticides on them, and stuff […]
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 it permissible to do an Accountant’s letter for a client if it helps with his mortgage application?
Q: Is it permissible to do an Accountant’s letter for a client if it helps with his mortgage application? Please answer for both conventional and ‘Islamic’ mortgages. الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: If the letter or accounts are of a generic nature that simply state the financial position of the client then it […]
Read more...Can I work as a law practitioner?
Q: I am a law student and after my studies I want to practice law in UK want to practice civil law, land law and in necessity criminal law.what is the ruling on it? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: Permissibility of practicing law depends upon the permissibility of the activity performed by […]
Read more...Is the ACN scheme Halal?
Q: Is the ACN scheme Halal? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: The Al-Qalam panel has received numerous queries related to the ACN scheme. We are currently not able to give a ruling on its permissibility as we do not know how the financial flow of money, works for agents both from selling […]
Read more...Is it permissible to work in the Compliance department for a bank?
Q: I have received an offer for a paid internship at Barclays, in the compliance department. I will have a graduate level role, making sure that the bank stays within financial regulation set by the UK’s financial regulators. This will include verifying that financial products that the bank offers are in regulation. This is a general […]
Read more...Can I work for the London Stock Exchange (LSE)?
Q: Is earning any money from the London Stock Exchange halal i.e they are not a bank where majority of the income is from riba but an exchange and make most of their money on fixed commissions on trades and other data services. Does it matter if I am a cleaner or in the IT department? My […]
Read more...Can someone work in restaurant where alcohol is served?
Q: One of my sister-inlaws family member has recently started working in a restaurant as a chef or waiter where alcohol is also served. Would his income halal and is my sister inlaw ok to go over and stay with them and eat with them? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومنه الصدق والصواب A: It […]
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