What is the ruling on copying computer disk programs if they are expensive in the market?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the ruling on copying computer disk programs if they are expensive?
The Shaykh : They undoubtedly incur a great cost on the original producer, and the price may be determined according to the costs. If copies are made and sold for less, this is selling a Muslim over the sale of his brother. If it is considered that the producer is a disbeliever, the disbeliever and the one under a treaty have rights, and it is not permissible to encroach upon their rights. However, if the original price is considered very, very high, and this institution has recovered more than it spent, then the government intervenes in the matter and forces the company to set a reasonable price, or else it raises its rights. Yes.
The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is the ruling on hitting students for the sake of benefit, given that a general directive has been issued prohibiting hitting?
The Shaykh : This is a very, very good and important question, one of the most important there is. But it is directed to the Minister of Education, because he is the one who has the power to prohibit or grant a dispensation. Yes, to the left, to the left, yes.
The Shaykh : They undoubtedly incur a great cost on the original producer, and the price may be determined according to the costs. If copies are made and sold for less, this is selling a Muslim over the sale of his brother. If it is considered that the producer is a disbeliever, the disbeliever and the one under a treaty have rights, and it is not permissible to encroach upon their rights. However, if the original price is considered very, very high, and this institution has recovered more than it spent, then the government intervenes in the matter and forces the company to set a reasonable price, or else it raises its rights. Yes.
The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is the ruling on hitting students for the sake of benefit, given that a general directive has been issued prohibiting hitting?
The Shaykh : This is a very, very good and important question, one of the most important there is. But it is directed to the Minister of Education, because he is the one who has the power to prohibit or grant a dispensation. Yes, to the left, to the left, yes.