Working outside company time to supplement one's income
Question
If a person works for a company and he also works does work outside the company to earn extra, is this right or wrong?
Answer
If he is working outside, out of the company time and he manages to do justice to both works then it is alright.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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