What is the ruling on working as a data entry clerk on a computer for data that includes usurious banking transactions, such as letters of guarantee and late payment penalties, knowing that his work does not involve calculating the penalty or issuing the letters?
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If the data entry mentioned is merely a record of fines and letters, and no forbidden action results from it, then there is no harm in this work, because it is merely an informing about the occurrence of procedures that are not considered cooperation in sin.
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