Issuing a permit to import sheep and then selling the permit

A: If the matter is as you have mentioned, this license was issued by means of cheating and lying. It is well-known that lying is forbidden. (Part No. 23; Page No. 458) Issuing forged licenses based on lying and fraud is a form of cheating the authorities and breaking the law. They are therefore completely impermissible, because this matter entails disobeying the ruler and letting matters go uncontrolled, let alone co-operating in sin and transgression which is forbidden by Allah, as He (Glorified be He) says: Help you one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwâ (virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and transgression. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.