Does the transaction that involves providing scientific research and translation services and forming a work team of researchers and translators, and obtaining a small portion as profit after paying the team's wages, fall within the realm of doubt?
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It is permissible for an employee hired for a specific task to hire someone else to perform it, provided that the employer has not stipulated that he must undertake the work himself. If such a condition is not made, then he may collaborate with others to complete the work for a lesser wage, and he keeps the difference.
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