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What is the ruling on downloading a program and activating it by depositing an amount of -$100-, then the program buys goods from international companies and sells them to the same company for a price difference, and that difference is given to us, and what is the ruling on the money earned from that?

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This fictitious sale is considered fraud and deception because it leads to deceiving consumers and dishonestly inflating the company's electronic rating, thus making it an impermissible act. The earnings from a forbidden act are not permissible for its owner, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, when Allah forbids a thing, He also forbids its price." As for the wages the employee previously received, if he was unaware of its impermissibility, it is permissible for him to consume it. However, if he knew of its impermissibility from the beginning, he must give it away in charity. A poor person is allowed to consume from it, and if he himself is poor, he may take what suffices him from it.

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