What is the ruling on Islamic flash drives?
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Flashes [USB drives/memory sticks] are a means, and their ruling is based on what they contain. If they contain something forbidden, like forbidden images or sounds of musical instruments, then they are forbidden. If they are free from forbidden things, then their ruling is according to what they lead to, for means share the rulings of their objectives.
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