Question
Can a Muslim male person do a taxi driving job? Can he pick up female passengers in his car, talk with them, laugh with them etc? The lady who gives the money for the driver sometimes her hand may touch the drivers hand or finger, so is it ok for a Muslim male to do the taxi driving job? Sometimes he would travel alone with a female passenger.
Answer
It is permissible for a Muslim male to do taxi driving as a form of income. It will be permissible for him to transport females in the course of his work. However, the condition for this is that the female must sit at the back of the taxi and not next to him; it is haraam for him to laugh, joke, and make petty talk with the female. He must try his best not to allow his hand to touch the non mehram or ajnabi female. All this is haraam. He has to keep Allah as Haazir and Naazir and observe taqwa of the heart. If he cannot do this then he rather stop his taxi business or only transport males.
Allah Ta’ala knows best
Mufti Siraj Desai