What is the ruling on working for an advertising newspaper that employs a person with a fixed salary and a percentage of the profit, and he also receives a percentage for every other distributor he employs, knowing that if he does not work for a specified period, he will be dismissed from his job, bearing in mind that the profit percentage comes from an increase in the number of distributors?
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It is sufficient that pyramid marketing is the only similarity between Agloco and Almas Company to judge their work as unlawful, because pyramid marketing involves an unknown wage, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade hiring a worker until his wage is made clear to him. Furthermore, the wage is paid for browsing websites, which is not considered a legitimate benefit, and it involves deception and fraud towards the owners of the displayed products.
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