Is it forbidden to use a free operating system that was downloaded using a non-free, pirated operating system, and does that affect the reward for listening to the Qur'an on it?
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Contemporary scholars have differed on the issue of copying computer programs without the permission of their owners. A group of them held that it is impermissible, whether the owner of the program is a Muslim or a non-Muslim who is not at war [with Muslims], because the right of a non-Muslim who is not at war is as respected as the right of a Muslim. It is more prudent for a Muslim not to buy, use, or copy pirated discs to avoid disagreement. However, using the system you downloaded through the non-free system is permissible, God willing, because it is free.
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