The Ruling on Buying Copied Software Discs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Computer discs containing original programs are sold at a high price, and they write on them "copying rights reserved," and they make that a condition at the time of purchase. Here, or for a low price of ten riyals, there is a big difference between the price of the original disc and the copied disc. What is the ruling on buying the copied one? To benefit from its programs, not for the purpose of trade.
Answer:
It is not permissible to buy what is stolen, because it is legally stolen, and the owners of the original did not permit it; they did not permit it to be valid for him. This is for the sake of unlawful money and encroaching on the rights of people. It is not permissible for you to buy these stolen items. If you saw a person with a pen that is common, or a pen that is common, and you knew that it was stolen, is it permissible?
This is taking the money of people without right, and they did not permit it to be copied onto their discs. This is their property and their right. Even if they were disbelievers, it is not permissible to give money to disbelievers except in what Allah has made lawful from it and its blessings. It is not permissible to encroach upon it except by taking it and seizing it by right. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! Computer discs containing original programs are sold at a high price, and they write on them "copying rights reserved," and they make that a condition at the time of purchase. Here, or for a low price of ten riyals, there is a big difference between the price of the original disc and the copied disc. What is the ruling on buying the copied one? To benefit from its programs, not for the purpose of trade.
Answer:
It is not permissible to buy what is stolen, because it is legally stolen, and the owners of the original did not permit it; they did not permit it to be valid for him. This is for the sake of unlawful money and encroaching on the rights of people. It is not permissible for you to buy these stolen items. If you saw a person with a pen that is common, or a pen that is common, and you knew that it was stolen, is it permissible?
This is taking the money of people without right, and they did not permit it to be copied onto their discs. This is their property and their right. Even if they were disbelievers, it is not permissible to give money to disbelievers except in what Allah has made lawful from it and its blessings. It is not permissible to encroach upon it except by taking it and seizing it by right. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب النكاح - 3 — islamhouse.com (1:03:38)
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