What is the legitimate Islamic position on lawyers who help their clients – knowing they are guilty – to unlawfully seize the rights of others, or cause innocent people to be imprisoned, claiming that this is a matter of "professional shrewdness"? Are they, by doing so, considered devourers of ill-gotten gains (suht), false witnesses, betrayers of trust, concealers of testimony, slanderers of chaste persons, and infringers upon the rights of others? And how can they expiate these sins from the perspective of the Holy Quran and the Noble Prophetic Sunnah?

Advocacy is a form of agency in litigation and response. It is permissible if the advocate seeks justice, like when the weak right-holder appoints another, based on the Almighty's saying: "And if the one who has the right is incompetent or weak or unable to dictate himself, then let his guardian dictate justly." It is forbidden if one argues for falsehood, based on the Almighty's saying: "And do not be an advocate for the deceitful," and His saying: "And do not argue on behalf of those who deceive themselves." Whoever engages in forbidden advocacy must repent to Allah and seek absolution from those they wronged.