Is translating promotional materials for trading platforms like "Olymp Trade" and "Saxo Bank," which deal in options, forex, and cryptocurrencies, considered forbidden if these transactions are forbidden?
It is not permissible to translate websites and platforms that rely on prohibited investments, such as options and futures trading (CFDs), margin trading (Forex), prohibited stocks, and currency trading websites where lawful possession (qabd) does not occur. This is because such translation constitutes assistance in what is forbidden, as Allah Almighty says: ﴿And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.﴾ And based on the hadith that curses the one who consumes usury, its giver, its scribe, and its two witnesses. It is noted that the platforms "Olymp Trade" and "Saxo Bank" fall under this prohibition. The former relies on prohibited Forex, while the latter combines prohibited Forex with CFDs, futures contracts, and stocks. One must be cautious about translating anything that propagates corruption and the forbidden.
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