Is it permissible to pay a bribe to facilitate daily life matters?
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Bribery is impermissible, whether giving it, accepting it, or acting as an intermediary for it, and it is considered one of the major sins. However, bribery used to attain a right or to ward off injustice and harm is permissible according to the majority of scholars, with the sin falling upon the recipient of the bribe, not the giver.
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