The ruling on one who destroys his device as a result of using unauthorized copies
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The questioner : May Allah bless you. Regarding the issue of the seizing fashion.
The Shaykh : Hmm?
The questioner : Regarding the issue of the cooking topic.
The Shaykh : Regarding the issue of what?
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does the owner have the right to demand the punishment, the original owner?
The Shaykh : About what?
The questioner : Part of the punishment.
The Shaykh : It is imposed.
The questioner : Yes. Now, Shaykh, regarding the computer tape, meaning some of it is on what? It is closed such that if he wants to cut it, it burns the entire device.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Okay. I will distribute it later.
The Shaykh : Do you not see me in this? Where is the death? Do you not say in this issue? For example, a person says, instead of following myself with protected rights and following people, I put a magnet in the tapes that burns the device’s liver, meaning I know that there is a magnet in them, or not? And he writes the protected rights of the doctor.
The questioner : Like that.
The Shaykh : He does not write it.
The questioner : He does not write it, Shaykh. He takes the tape as soon as he starts it for copying, and it burns it in this.
The Shaykh : If it is written on the tape that the rights are protected.
The questioner : We have a person.
The Shaykh : The copier is an aggressor according to the law and what is known among people.
The questioner : Is that sufficient, Shaykh? Is it sufficient that from the copying it burns?
The Shaykh : There is no problem with this, there is no problem, meaning there is no problem that it is permissible, as long as we warn people about this, there is no problem.
The questioner : Shaykh, in their minds, Shaykh, how? Regarding computer programs, not everyone who owns the program knows its content, meaning there is a very large specialization in this field. It may be that this program is with a person who is intermediate in computer knowledge, yes, he goes to any device with 10,000.
The Shaykh : The magnet.
The questioner : Ten minutes. So this is aggression, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a punishment, this is a discretionary punishment, may Allah bless you. The jurists said if a person entered your house without permission and on his way there was a well and he fell into the well, then there is no blame on you, because he was an aggressor by entering without permission.
The questioner : Then al-Sharif said ten, al-Sharif not ten, the program costs the original founder a great cost.
The Shaykh : Sami. Shaykh. The important thing is that the brother Rashad says if the warning is clear on the tape and it is said that the printing rights are protected or the transfer rights are protected, and a person came and aggressed, then he has aggressed against himself. But you, the questioner now, in truth, have opened a door that must be guarded against, as long as there are tapes that may be with this danger, one must be cautious. And the brother Musa now, these people. Hmm? Not with everything? Yes. Wait a moment. Yes, I understand, this is a research, okay, yes, look, it is not a new question, because the time has ended.
The questioner : And I see I have a question.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : The computer tape, Shaykh, as soon as he puts it in the device and it appears on the screen, the first thing it writes, it writes from it only, of course, protected. Meaning something clear.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, does this mean that if he puts in something that surrounds the device, the mistake is on its owner?
The questioner : He takes his right from the Shaykh, but not to this degree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Hmm?
The questioner : Regarding the issue of the cooking topic.
The Shaykh : Regarding the issue of what?
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does the owner have the right to demand the punishment, the original owner?
The Shaykh : About what?
The questioner : Part of the punishment.
The Shaykh : It is imposed.
The questioner : Yes. Now, Shaykh, regarding the computer tape, meaning some of it is on what? It is closed such that if he wants to cut it, it burns the entire device.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Okay. I will distribute it later.
The Shaykh : Do you not see me in this? Where is the death? Do you not say in this issue? For example, a person says, instead of following myself with protected rights and following people, I put a magnet in the tapes that burns the device’s liver, meaning I know that there is a magnet in them, or not? And he writes the protected rights of the doctor.
The questioner : Like that.
The Shaykh : He does not write it.
The questioner : He does not write it, Shaykh. He takes the tape as soon as he starts it for copying, and it burns it in this.
The Shaykh : If it is written on the tape that the rights are protected.
The questioner : We have a person.
The Shaykh : The copier is an aggressor according to the law and what is known among people.
The questioner : Is that sufficient, Shaykh? Is it sufficient that from the copying it burns?
The Shaykh : There is no problem with this, there is no problem, meaning there is no problem that it is permissible, as long as we warn people about this, there is no problem.
The questioner : Shaykh, in their minds, Shaykh, how? Regarding computer programs, not everyone who owns the program knows its content, meaning there is a very large specialization in this field. It may be that this program is with a person who is intermediate in computer knowledge, yes, he goes to any device with 10,000.
The Shaykh : The magnet.
The questioner : Ten minutes. So this is aggression, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, it is not a punishment, this is a discretionary punishment, may Allah bless you. The jurists said if a person entered your house without permission and on his way there was a well and he fell into the well, then there is no blame on you, because he was an aggressor by entering without permission.
The questioner : Then al-Sharif said ten, al-Sharif not ten, the program costs the original founder a great cost.
The Shaykh : Sami. Shaykh. The important thing is that the brother Rashad says if the warning is clear on the tape and it is said that the printing rights are protected or the transfer rights are protected, and a person came and aggressed, then he has aggressed against himself. But you, the questioner now, in truth, have opened a door that must be guarded against, as long as there are tapes that may be with this danger, one must be cautious. And the brother Musa now, these people. Hmm? Not with everything? Yes. Wait a moment. Yes, I understand, this is a research, okay, yes, look, it is not a new question, because the time has ended.
The questioner : And I see I have a question.
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : The computer tape, Shaykh, as soon as he puts it in the device and it appears on the screen, the first thing it writes, it writes from it only, of course, protected. Meaning something clear.
The Shaykh : Yes, okay, does this mean that if he puts in something that surrounds the device, the mistake is on its owner?
The questioner : He takes his right from the Shaykh, but not to this degree.
The Shaykh : Yes.
Source
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