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Employment & Salaries
1,369 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on Employment & Salaries, part of Business & Finance. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Employment & Salaries fatawa — page 1 of 35
- Ibn Masood28 Sep 2026
Salaries And Wages
Regarding increases or decreases in annual salaries and wages, is the employee’s relationship with an employer similar to that of a seller and…
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Camperdown21 Sep 2026
Falling into Sin: Should I Marry Despite Lacking Maturity, a Job and Financial Means?
Assalamu Alaykum Q1) Should a Muslim man living in a Western country get married because he is falling into sin even though he is not mentally…
Abdour-Rahmaan Lim Voon Heek - Ibn Masood26 Aug 2026
Working For A Pharmaceutical Company
I am interested in working for a pharmaceutical company. Pharmaceutical companies primarily earn revenue from selling medicines and almost all…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ibn Masood12 Aug 2026
Remuneration For Unworked Hours
I secured a job at a university working on engineering projects and so on. Afterwards, for various reasons, I didn’t work the number of hours per…
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online14 Jul 2026
Working at a cider mill
I would like to work at a cider mill near my home. They produce apple cider, and the majority of their products contain alcohol. Only two of their…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jul 2026
Accepting a gift or working for someone whose income is haraam
1. If all of a person's income is haraam, can you accept a gift of dawat from such a person (i.e. you are sure that he has no halaal wealth or…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jul 2026
Receiving gifts from a person who works in the bank
I would like advice regarding the following: My father works in the bank and it's his only source of income. After finding out that interest is war…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Jun 2026
Dressmaker altering clothing of non-Muslims for Diwali or Christmas
Is it permissible for a tailor/dressmaker to alter clothing of non-Muslims? For example if a Hindu brings a sari to alter for Diwali or a Christian…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood17 Jun 2026
Beneficiaries Of A Provident Fund
An employee has a pension fund through his company. Each year, the scheme sends a beneficiary nomination form for the employee to complete and…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ibn Masood10 Jun 2026
Cold Storage Facility
A person has a job opportunity to work at a cold storage facility in Europe where they handle everything, including Haraam products. Would it be…
Mufti Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online18 May 2026
Working in a non-Muslim butcher selling pork
My father is a Muslim. He got a job offer by a non-muslim to come and work for him. My father is a blockman in a butchery. He cuts meat and so…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood13 May 2026
Brokerage Fee For Company Involved In Interest
Would it be permissible to broker a deal between two companies who deal in interest for a brokerage fee?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Azaadville9 May 2026
Accepting Gifts From Someone Employed At A Bank
A few years ago I had the opportunity of performing hajj. My sister had gifted me some money towards my hajj. At that time she used to work for…
- Mufti Online21 Apr 2026
Fixing the time and work of a domestic worker
Please advise with regard to the following aspects in connection with domestic helpers: 1. Is it necessary to fix the daily/weekly times of work, or…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood15 Apr 2026
Eating From Homes Of Bank Employees
Q1) Why is it not permissible to eat at homes where the breadwinner works at the bank? Q2) How do we go about explaining that due to the earnings…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online14 Apr 2026
Auditing a company that sells alcohol
I work in an audit firm. One of the clients we have is a retail supermarket with over 25 companies/branches. 1 of the companies is selling alcohol.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Jan 2026
Doing the decor for a birthday party
I recently started learning how to do balloon decorations and someone asked me to make some decor for their birthday party and my mom agreed without…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Dec 2025
Taking one's right from one's employers who never pay one for few months
My company does not pay me on time. Salaries have been delayed for over 6 months. Now they have allocated money for a project. But the client has…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood17 Dec 2025
Liability Of A Commission Agent
Person X was selling an investment product or helping clients sign up for company A. Company A was doing very well for 2 to 3 years. After 3 years,…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online4 Dec 2025
Delivering haraam items
I want to ask about earnings from food delivery services in a non Muslim country/community. Uber Eats, Door Dash are the delivery service name. The…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood2 Dec 2025
Partner Taking A Salary
In a partnership, can an active partner take a salary?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online1 Dec 2025
Not specifying the salary of the employee in the contract
I have a question for Mufti Saheb regarding a business contract for an employee. I am an optometrist and have my own optometry practice. It is the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood27 Nov 2025
Retirement Fund
My dad passed away 11 and 1/2 years ago. He had an Old Mutual retirement fund which he had made my mum a beneficiary of. She has been receiving R330…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online20 Nov 2025
Travel agent getting commission for customers taking travel insurance
I am a travel agent. It is becoming a common practice to offer customers travel insurance. We get commission back if the customer takes it and forms…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Nov 2025
Muslim lawyer doing work for a gay or lesbian
1. A lesbian woman approaches a Muslim notary to draw up an Antenuptial contract for a civil union with another woman. 2. A person who is openly…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2025
Doing jobs for a democratic government
In a democratic government, which types of jobs, taxes, and educational activities are permissible for a Muslim to participate in, and which ones…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville31 Oct 2025
Severance Pay
Can a Muslim employee claim severance pay?
- Mufti Online29 Oct 2025
Using the name of Hazrat Khadeejah (radhiyallahu anha) to promote feminism
In regards to the fitna of feminism arising, many of our Muslim women have fallen for this wherein if you try to advise them that university and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood20 Oct 2025
Beneficiary Of A Provident Fund
I have a Retirement Annuity Fund which has already matured, but I have chosen not to cash it in until I turn 65 years old. According to the South…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online16 Oct 2025
Designing websites or apps which contain haraam elements
I am a UI/UX designer based in Bangladesh. UI/UX means the apps we see on mobile and the websites we see on the web. I design those interfaces, and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Sep 2025
Charging the employee for early termination of employment
I have an issue on which I need Islamic guidance. I was working in a company, and according to the company’s contract, if any employee leaves the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Sep 2025
Passing on lessons online to a non-mahram via messages
If a female gave written lessons that she copied and wrote to a non mahram online by forwarding paragraphs of the written down lessons with the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Sep 2025
Doing personal work during working hours
I have a full-time job with work hours 8am-5pm per the contract. If I have completed all my work responsibilities and have free time, am I allowed…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood11 Sep 2025
Commission
A company we have been supplying for many years has employed a new buyer who has drastically reduced purchases from us by about 70% and split it…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online2 Sep 2025
Working in a car dealership that is involved in interest and financing
I recently got offered a job at a car dealership and although I won’t be directly dealing with interest, the company is involved in interest and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood2 Sep 2025
Working For A Financial Institution
I work in a claims and disability assessment position, where I assess severe illness and disability, for Old Mutual. Someone brought it to my…
Mufti Muhammad Isa Ali - Ask Imaam30 Aug 2025
Is it permissable to work in Game development?
1. Is it permissible to work in game development? 2. Is this method of earning money considered gambling? Salams, I have been wanting to work as a…
Abdullah Syed Sajid - Mufti Online26 Aug 2025
Giving interest money to an employee as a gift
Can interested monies be given to an employee as a gift?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - MUBZ25 Aug 2025
Docking Employee Wages for Late Clock-ins
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I humbly request your guidance and a detailed, evidence-based response…
- Mufti Online8 Aug 2025
Handling haraam products in one's work
I would like for a detailed explanation to hand to my manager. I started working for a company and they asked me the other day if I could help set…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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