Is paying money to جهاز employees to obtain a building permit, given the new law prohibiting couples from owning two plots of land, considered a bribe or a means of retaining the land my uncle bought before the law was issued?
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The forbidden bribe is that which leads to falsehood or invalidates a right. However, if paying money is the only way to obtain a right or avert harm, then there is no blame in doing so, and the sin falls upon the taker.
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