Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Software development for law firms

· 9 Safar 1436 AH1 min readFatwa 31383English

Question

I would like to know if i can work on software which deal with legal firms in the North America/Europe,basically the software is for lawyers to keep track of legal documents of clients and track cases of clients .

Answer

In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible to develop and work on such a software for the above mentioned reason.

And Allah Ta‘āla Knows Best

Fahad Abdul Wahab

Student Darul Iftaa

USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

www.Daruliftaa.net

Answered by
Fahad Abdul Wahab
Checked & approved by
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