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The question

Will I be sinful if I continue to develop an application whose idea was stolen from a foreign application, after the head of the company declared that?

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If the intention behind "stealing" an app idea is to benefit from it to create another app, then there is no harm in that. However, imitating the app without a fundamental addition constitutes an infringement on the owner's rights. It is permissible to work for a company that benefits from the idea without imitating it, but it is not permissible to work for a company that imitates the app and infringes upon the rights of others.

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