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Is money earned from working in a company that deals with smuggled petroleum products and pays bribes to customs and inspection halal or haram?

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It is impermissible to work as an accountant in a company that trades in stolen goods and subsidized gasoline, because the sale by the general agent to the suppliers is invalid, and likewise the sale by the suppliers to the company is invalid, as it is usurped property, and dealing with usurped property is unlawful (haram). If the company's activity is unlawful, then the accountant's job within it becomes unlawful, and their salary is considered unlawful money. As for the money you acquired from this work, it must be returned to the general welfare of the Muslims or to the poor and needy, unless you yourself are poor or were ignorant of the prohibition of this work.

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