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Is it Islamically permissible to claim compensation in a case involving my wife's termination from her job, and what should I do with the compensation amount if it is awarded to us, given that the complaint was based on a false accusation, and it was later discovered that there was an inaccurate medical report, and that the aggrieved student passed away after the case?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Compensation for material damage is recognized in Islamic law, and some scholars have included moral damage within its scope. It is not possible to definitively determine the inquirer's wife's entitlement to compensation without a comprehensive study of the employment contract and its conditions, in order to clarify the nature of the damage. The judiciary is specialized in assessing the damage, compensation, and its amount.

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