Is it permissible for the owner of livestock to agree with another breeder that the latter receives half of its offspring, while the mother remains with its original owner?
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This format is not valid because the wage is unknown, and the wage must be specified to avoid ambiguity and uncertainty, due to the Prophet's (PBUH) prohibition of hiring a worker until his wage is made clear to him. The correct alternative is to hire someone to tend the livestock for a known wage, or for a portion of the sheep to be owned by the worker.
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