QUESTION: Alhamdulillah, I have a job offer, but I am not sure if it is Islamic. The working hours are 48 hours per week. I queried as to how many hours per day and was told it is a 6-day week job with the amount of hours per day where the timings and the number of...
Employment / Commission
Additional wages for a domestic assisting in the business
QUESTION: If a woman has a home-run business and the domestic helper assists with work related to the business, must she be given separate wages for helping in that regard or will the work she does be included in her salary for working at the house? ANSWER: If the...
Privately selling vehicles to dealership customers
Question:- I work for a company that sells cars. As an employee, in my free time, can I sell cars to such customers whom I met whilst at work at the company? If I made a profit on a car, who will the profit belong to, me or the company? Answer:- The customers that...
Salary earned from an insurance company
Question:- For many years, I worked as an accountant in a life insurance company. I did not record any interest and none of my duties involved any interest or loans . I did not sell any life insurance although I did report sales of life insurance, and I calculated...
Working as an environment artist
Question:- I am currently studying 3d Design and I intend to work as a environment artist that will design 3d objects such as trees ,walls etc . The only problem is that I will be receiving my income from gaming companies , advert companies and Architecture Firms ....
Raising salaries due to Malawian Kwacha devalued
QUESTION: Our Malawian Kwacha recently devalued by 44%. I would pay the domestic worker K10,000 for the past year. After devaluation, is she entitled to K10,000 + 44%? Because, after devaluation, the value of K10,000 is now K5,600. Will the Mas'ala be the same if an...
Subscribing to an involuntary medical aid policy
QUESTION: When it comes to employment contracts, it is compulsory to join a medical aid fund which deducts automatically from your salary. I wanted to know, in this case, will it be permissible to join a company where they deduct medical aid fees from my salary, but I...
Increasing salaries without the consent of the owner
QUESTION: A person employed by a company wants to pay the staff extra from the business money. Does he need to ask permission from the owner of the company before doing so? ANSWER: If he is serving as the manager of the company and is authorised by the owner to...