Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Using pirated software is allow in islam and during installaion we accept licence agreement.

· 15 Shaʻban 1427 AH1 min readFatwa 14533English

Question

Using pirated software is allow in islam and during installaion we accept licence agreement.

In our country all the licence software are not available in that case we can use pirated software and again we disobey agrement by accepting licence agreement , in that case what sould we do.

Answer

The use of pirated software is morally incorrect. If you disobey the licence agreement, you will not be sinful or anything of that sort but it is unadvisable to do so.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Muhammad Kadwa

FATWA DEPT.

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