Is it permissible to work in a lab for developing and printing films that contain nude images, knowing that the worker does not know the content of the film until after it has been developed?
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It is forbidden to develop films that contain prohibited images, and the money earned from them is unlawful, because that is considered cooperation in sin and aggression, and assistance in what Allah Almighty has forbidden. The questioner can substitute these actions with permissible ones.
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