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Is the compensation received from insurance companies for medical malpractice permissible or forbidden, given the compulsion to subscribe in order to renew the employment contract and pay periodic subscription fees?

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If professional indemnity insurance for the medical profession is a form of commercial insurance, then it is Haram (religiously forbidden) due to the elements of gambling and gharar (excessive uncertainty) it contains. If you are forced to participate in this forbidden insurance in order to work, then there is no sin upon you, and you may benefit from it to the extent of what you have paid.

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