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What is the ruling on establishing a company that provides technical consultations to clients for an annual fee, which includes periodic and on-demand visits, offering technical consultations, purchasing devices and software on behalf of the client, and repairing malfunctions without bearing the cost of spare parts?

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If the reality is as stated in the question, then this act is Islamically permissible. It is a lease (ijarah) for a known and permissible benefit (manfa'ah) for a known wage (ujrah). The one who performs this work is called a "shared employee" (al-ajir al-mushtarak) because he undertakes tasks for a group.

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