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Is it permissible to use Quranic programs and religious lessons found on recorded, non-original compact discs, which require an oath to run them, given the inability to purchase the original version? And does the ruling differ for non-religious software discs owned by non-Muslims?

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It is not permissible to use copied software without the owner's permission, unless the owner is a warring disbeliever who has no covenant with the Muslims.

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