Is it permissible to sell foreign medicine prohibited by the state for the purpose of protecting the national economy, knowing that officials monopolize its import for their personal interests, and that the patient requests it due to his need for it?

Selling and buying foreign medicine is permissible, provided that it does not intoxicate, or contain anything that intoxicates in large quantities, and that it is fit for use. If the state orders its prohibition for the benefit of the people and to ward off harm from them, then its order must be obeyed. However, if the prohibition is arbitrary and without benefit, then people are not obliged to adhere to it. The money earned from selling medicines that the state has prohibited, even if they are permissible, is lawful, even if the seller is sinful for disobeying the ruler's command.