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Is it permissible to work as a data engineer for a consulting firm that provides internal data organization services to companies such as banks and insurance companies?

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That which is forbidden is working in prohibited fields or for companies based on prohibited activities, such as usurious banks. As for work that is not specific to a forbidden field, the basic principle is that it is permissible. There is no harm in working for a technology consulting company that provides its services to general companies and institutions. However, if a specific task involves a forbidden company and serves its forbidden activity, then it is not permissible to participate in it. This is because whoever assists in an action and causes it to happen becomes a partner with its perpetrator in the consequences of their action, as Allah Almighty says: {And do not cooperate in sin and aggression}. The means have the rulings of their ends.

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