Workplace

A workplace is a location where someone works for his or her employer, a place of employment. Such a place can range from a home office to a large office building or factory. For industrialized societies, the workplace is one of the most important social spaces other than the home, constituting "a central concept for several entities: the worker and his/her family, the employing organization, the customers of the organization, and the society as a whole".

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Workplace . Business Ethics

Can I reach out to the clients I previously connected with while working in a service-based business and request them to engage my services for my new venture in the same field?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 1 year ago

Yes if you did not have a commitment to your previous employers not to contact their customers.

Wassalam.

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Workplace . Hotel . Sawm (Fasting) . Travel

My workplace is more than a 100 miles away. My husband drives me there for 3-4 days a week. Whilst we are there, we stay at a hotel in the town of my workplace. Can we fast?

If your work requires you to travel away at least three days a week, you must fast during the month of Ramadan and pray full there.

'Wassalam.

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Gender . Employment . Workplace

Should a person's interactions with their colleagues and those who they come across in the work environment, of the opposite gender, be brief and business-like or warm and friendly?

Abbas Di Palma, Shaykh Abbas Di Palma holds a BA and an MA degree in Islamic Studies, and certifications from the Language Institute of Damascus University. He has also studied traditional Islamic sciences in... Answer updated 6 years ago

as salam alaikum

if a person find him/herself in a work environment with people of the opposite gender, because he/she doesn't find another job or any other reason, he/she should keep all the rules etiquettes that preserve his/her haya' and try to avoid extra-professional conversations. There is nothing wrong in sending greetings and work-related talk as long as they don't lead to haram consequences. Obviously one should strive also to be gentle, efficient and helpful in every circumstance. However "warm and friendly interactions" are not a necessity and should be avoided.

With prayers for your success.