What is the ruling on working in e-marketing for computers and their accessories, including marketing headphones and speakers that are often used to listen to music, preparing publications and promotional offers for Islamic and non-Islamic holidays (such as New Year's and Mother's Day), and using images from Google search engine that may be copyrighted and indistinguishable from free images, knowing that searching for the source of each image takes a long time, and given the employee's commitment not to promote what is inherently forbidden?
We have clarified the ruling concerning means that may be used for unlawful purposes and may also be used for lawful purposes: If its unlawful use is not predominant, especially, or if it is not highly probable that the one acquiring it intends it for unlawful purposes, then selling or producing it is not prohibited. Therefore, there is no harm for you in designing and publishing computers and their accessories. The same applies to publishing offers for religious seasons and others, if it is merely exploiting the event for selling and promoting goods, and the intention is not to celebrate it or assist in any falsehood therein. As for using images: if the images themselves are permissible and there is nothing to indicate that they are protected, then there is no harm for you in benefiting from them, and you are not obligated to search and investigate their origin due to the difficulty of doing so.
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