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Project Manager for deploying Software to Transport Consumer Goods

Question Detail:

 
I am working as a project manager in a national supermarket. I am currently working on logistics projects which involve managing the deployment of software which is used to help streamline the transport of supermarket products. The products are a mix of halal goods and haraam such as alcohol. The software essentially tells suppliers which depot the product should be delivered to, and is then also used to guide order pickers to the location of goods when an order is received from a store.
Is this job permissible? I do not write the code, and do not pick the products my job is to project manage which ensures the project is delivered with all tasks completed.
On one occasion there was a specific issue in testing which was caused by missing information relating to how alcohol products should be transported. My role here would be to check with the deployment team to see if steps were being taken to resolve the issue, obtain timescales for the resolution and and then report back to the business. Therefore although the software handles multiple products, it does require configuration to handle each cateogry of items.

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh
We understand that you serve as a project manager for deploying software to transport consumer goods (Halal and Haraam). Your work is permissible since you are not directly involved in transporting the goods and nor is the software specifically used for transporting only impermissible consumer goods.[1]
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
 
Ismail Desai,
Darul Iftaa
 
Checked and Approved,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.