What is the ruling on a pastry chef's refusal to disclose his recipe to others? Is he sinful for that? And will his livelihood be affected if he reveals the secret?
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This person does not sin by keeping the secret of this recipe. It cannot be definitively asserted that sustenance, whether abundant or scarce, is tied to the disclosure or concealment of this secret, for Allah alone knows the unseen.
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