What is the ruling on working in computer systems programming that deals with usurious programs in large companies, given that these programs do not write usurious contracts nor bear witness to them, but rather provide preliminary information for making usurious decisions? And does the sin fall upon the manager or upon the unwilling workers?
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All praise is due to Allah. It is not permissible to develop software for a company that uses it in usurious transactions, because that constitutes aiding in sin, and Allah has forbidden that. Usury is a grave sin, and aiding in it in any way is forbidden by Islamic law, whether the helper is the employer or the employees.
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