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Is it permissible to work in selling satellite dishes, and what is the ruling on money earned from it if the work is impermissible?

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The question addresses the ruling on selling and maintaining television receivers and the ruling on the money earned from this.

- Ruling on Selling and Maintaining Devices: - Forbidden: If you know or predominantly believe that the buyer will use them for something forbidden. - Permissible: If you know or predominantly believe that the buyer will use them only for permissible purposes. - Based on the Predominant Use: If both possibilities are equal to you, or you do not know, then its ruling depends on the predominant use of such devices by people. If the predominant use is permissible, then selling them is allowed; otherwise, it is not.

- Ruling on Earned Money: - If the sale was forbidden, one must repent from it, as Allah Almighty says: "And do not cooperate in sin and aggression." - The money earned from this sale is permissible according to the most preponderant opinions of the jurists, which is the view of the majority (Hanafis, Malikis, and Shafi'is), who hold that a sale forbidden due to aiding in sin is not void, contrary to the Hanbalis.

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