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What is the ruling on a female doctor specializing in medical analyses selling two government licenses for opening laboratories to another person who owns a chain of laboratories, and is it permissible to sell a third license in a manner that violates state law with the intention of donating the entire sale price?

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It is not permissible to sell licenses that the state prohibits selling. The prohibition intensifies if it is accompanied by deception or fraud, because adherence to laws is obligatory if they contain a clear benefit and do not contradict Sharia. The Permanent Committee has issued a fatwa stating the impermissibility of agreeing to exceed the permitted number of pharmacies, due to the presence of lying, deception, and deceiving the ruler in it. However, if the sale or lease of these licenses is free from gharar (uncertainty), deception, and violation of laws, then it is permissible according to Sharia, because it is an intangible right owned by the citizen and he is allowed to transfer it to others.

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