Is it permissible to work for a company that processes and deletes indecent images and videos, given the necessity of looking at them for the purpose of deletion and processing, and does this contradict the noble verse: "Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – of each of these you will be questioned"?
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It is permissible to work in a company whose field is permissible, even if it involves viewing images and videos for the purpose of processing and deleting prohibited or corrupting content. The worker does not incur sin thereby, because viewing and listening are for the necessity of changing an evil. It is permissible to look at what is uncovered of women for the purpose of establishing a hadd punishment or bearing witness, and to listen to prohibited things out of the necessity of inquiry. However, one must restrict viewing and listening to the extent of the need.
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