Aslaam U Alaikum Wa Rehmatullahi Wa Barakatahu Respected Ulemas I would like to bring to your notice that in our India, a lot of piracy takes place and piracy is a kind of theft and it is considered illegal but still it takes palce, so I would like to clearly know about the following question in view of Islam that: What is your view regarding use of pirated operating systems and other softwares.Is it allowed or not in Islamic view? KHUDA HAFIZ
Answer
(Fatwa: 2062/1648=H/1429)
Theft is not allowed in these matters also.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
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