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How should a young merchant, after repenting from earning unlawful money, deal with his wealth, which is mixed with both lawful and unlawful elements, given his ignorance of the proportion of each?

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Satellite channels are mostly characterized by the spread of vice and the fight against virtue. It is not permissible to decrypt them because that entails aiding in their viewing and being influenced by them. Repentance to Allah for this is obligatory. The money earned from this is forbidden and must be estimated, then spent on the welfare of Muslims, such as assisting the poor and needy and building charitable schools.

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