What is the difference between the wage of someone whose work relies on pirated software, which you stated is due to him despite his sin, and the money that a worker must dispose of by spending it on public welfare, as you mentioned in other fatwas? And what are the proofs for the wage being due or not due in these cases?

The reconciliation between fatwas (56974, 116347, and 73138) is that the owners of software have a right to compensation for the lost benefits of their programs or the damage incurred due to infringement, and this compensation must be paid to them. However, if that is not possible, one should do what they can and absolve themselves of the right by giving the money to the poor and needy, and spending it on public interests.

As for fatwa (49396), which deals with disposing of ill-gotten gains, it is based on the work from which the money was acquired. The clarification of this matter is not within the fatwa itself but relates to a previous question from the inquirer that the Mufti was not aware of.