What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding employees of a medical analysis laboratory in a public hospital conducting analyses for patients surreptitiously in exchange for a sum of money less than the official fee, which they pocket, knowing that the original procedure requires paying a cash fee into the hospital's fund before the examination?
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What the questioner's colleagues are doing is forbidden because it involves consuming wealth unjustly, and it is a betrayal of the entity they work for and an infringement upon its rights. They must repent and return the money they took to the hospital fund.
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