If you get a job by lying. Will the income be haram even if the job is halaal? For e.g. people put false experience in resumes.

· 9 Safar 1427 AH1 min readFatwa 14011English
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Question

If you get a job by lying. Will the income be haram even if the job is halaal? For e.g. people put false experience in resumes.

Answer

If the job is Shari’ah compliant, then the income of the job will be Halaal.

To speak a lie is a major sin and one should seek forgiveness for that.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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