Hiring of Persons

Question: I am a student of knowledge and I receive a stipend from the state which I use to assist me in seeking knowledge. Is it lawful for me to take and consume it even though I do not perform...

Question: A man works in the shop of one of the al-Makārimah, and the shop owner insists on hanging a picture of the master of the Makārimah in the shop. Is it permissible for that worker to remain in the...

Question: A man is employed in a place where a plaque is hung that states “Affirmation of the Vision. We cannot change it, for the premises belong to those who hold that doctrine, and power lies with them. Is it...

Question: What do you say regarding employment with the state?

Question: An adult son works with his father on the father’s farms; he sells and buys. He is married, but his father does not give him what he needs. Is it permissible for this son to take what he needs...

Question: Is it permissible for me to hire a maidservant instead of a male servant, since I fear for my family and children from having a male servant in the house, and I am in need of this?

Question: An employee in a pharmacy receives a gift from a company’s distributor who says, “This is a gift for you from the company,” with the aim of encouraging the employee to give care to selling its products. Is this...

Question: Is it permissible to pay someone who makes minor mistakes in recitation to read a complete khatmah (full recitation of the Qur’an)?

Question: A man works for a merchant. The merchant deems it permissible to sell an item for more than its current day’s cash price due to deferment of payment (i.e., on credit), while the worker believes that to be prohibited....

Question: A disabled woman owns a plot of land, and she has a granddaughter who is compassionate toward her—serving her needs, cleanliness, and provisions, hardly ever leaving her. The woman summoned a scribe and witnesses and testified before them that...