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Is money earned from manufacturing pens bearing the logos of non-Islamic banks and television stations permissible?

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It is forbidden to sell pens to usurious banks for them to use in writing prohibited contracts or advertising them, because this constitutes aiding in sin, transgression, and usury, the doer, writer, and witnesses of which have been cursed. The jurists have explicitly stated the prohibition of selling anything that aids in disobeying Allah. Therefore, if the seller knows that the buyer intends to use it for illicit purposes, the sale is void and forbidden. Similarly, it is forbidden to sell permissible goods to someone who will use them for disobedience or for promoting evil. And whoever abandons something for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better.

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