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Am I permitted to continue photocopying documents related to unlawful bank loans or life insurance, knowing that refraining from doing so may result in violations and financial penalties?

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What is predominantly thought or known with certainty to be intended for copying a usurious file or a forbidden matter, such as commercial insurance, is not permissible to copy due to cooperation in sin, based on the Almighty's saying: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression," and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Allah has cursed the one who consumes Riba, the one who feeds it, its two witnesses, and its scribe, and he said: 'They are all equal.'" The mentioned violation is an injustice, and there is no harm in escaping from it and circumventing it. However, it is better to move away from a place where usurious transactions are frequent.

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