Is the penalty clause in contracts forbidden, and is it a sin to oversee a contract that includes this clause?
If the penalty clause is forbidden, then it is not permissible for a lawyer to accept it or assist in it. Otherwise, he would be sinning and fall under the prohibition of cooperating in sin and aggression.
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