Income from piracy.

In the world today, nearly every business requires the use of computers and when we say to use a computer means that we are using a software that are installed in the computer to get our job done. It has come to my attention that most of us are using pirated software no matter how small the scale is even in those large corporations or in the government sector.

I have to admit that I am one of them and I'm not proud doing it. Thus, in this year 2011 I am set to use only legitimately acquired software. I am a software engineer by profession and I really understand how malicious is the effect of software piracy. At the current moment, other than my daily job, I'm also working as a software development consultant on a part time basis for another company. My concern right now is that I'm indeed using software to earn income. From a Islamic perspective, software piracy is like stealing and income for the use of it is non Halal. I guess I just realized why I'm always getting sick. So, the next thing is, I'm going to legally purchase all the required software for my business.

a post in a forum about fatwas on software piracy:

http://www.islamicboard.com/advice-support/134295165-pirated-software.html#post1307719