What is the ruling on taking money in exchange for reciting the Qur'an and then donating it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and another person?

Question:
He says: I work as a teacher at Al-Azhar in Egypt, and every Ramadan for the past five years, I go to a village and recite the Qur'an for a specific person. At the end of the month, he gives me a sum of money in exchange for the recitation, which I then donate to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and to the father of the host. Is this permissible?

Answer:
This is not permissible. Hiring someone to recite the Qur'an for the sake of reward is not permissible. The one who recites for a wage has no reward with Allah the Exalted, because he is seeking the worldly life through the deeds of the Hereafter. Reciting the Qur'an is an act of worship, so if you do it for money, you have sought the worldly life through the deeds of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. He says: , "Whoever desires the immediate, We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We will, then We make for him Hellfire, which he will enter, disgraced and forsaken. But whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it with effort while he is a believer, those are the ones whose efforts will be appreciated."
It is not permissible to take a wage for acts of worship, and reciting the Qur'an is among them. Reciting the Qur'an is an act of worship, so it is not permissible for you to recite for someone for a wage in order for him to donate the reward. There is no reward in this; this is not an act of worship, it is a paid recitation. So recite the Qur'an for the face of Allah the Exalted and do not take anything from the matters of the worldly life in exchange for it.