What is the ruling on creating Islamic mobile applications—such as the Mus'haf (Quran) or Quran listening applications—that include for-profit advertisements, whereby the application owner earns from clicks on them? And is this permissible given that it is within an Islamic application, or is it considered trading with religion?
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There is no harm in that, as long as the accompanying advertisements do not contain any religiously prohibited content.
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