Hello, AoA.
I have a job offer from Stripe to work as a Software Engineer and wanted to know if it is Halal to work there.
Stripe is primarily a payment processing service for online businesses (similar to Paypal). They have 16 different offerings and 2 of them fall in the haram category in my opinion (business financing and banking as a service). I will have a choice when it comes to choosing teams so I can choose not to work in the above mentioned teams.
I followed the guidance in the article Is My Job Haram, and these are my deductions:
- Is your job actually acceptable per se? Yes, I’ll be working as a Software Engineer
- Where is the money coming from which you will get paid for? Stripe has 16 offerings so I can’t say how much revenue is generated from haram sources.
- Are there alternatives? Yes
- How proximate are you to the sin? I will choose not to work in teams that fall under the haram category. However, there is a chance I might be providing some indirect support though.
I would really appreciate help and guidance in making this decision.
JazakAllah.