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What is the ruling on working on programming an electronic application for a family court that aims to transfer financial guardianship to the mother after the father's death, thereby contradicting Islamic law and the current law which stipulates that guardianship transfers to the mother's guardian, then the grandfather, then the mother? Is it permissible to continue with this work?

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The presence of violations within a court does not prevent the permissibility of designing an application for it, as the ruling is based on the predominant (aspect) in entities whose original work is permissible. The guardianship of a mother over her son's wealth, when appointed by a ruler, is a valid guardianship. This is a matter of ijtihad (independent juristic reasoning) and not among the definitive rulings of Sharia.

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