What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an in order to draw people to give charity to him?
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Question : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on those who recite the Qur'an at the entrances of the Haram in order to attract money? When someone comes to distribute money, they stand up, leave their Qurans open, and compete for the money, treating it as a commodity?
Answer : The ruling on these people is that if it is confirmed that this is their intention, because we cannot judge what is in hearts. One might assume that the person sitting in that place reciting the Qur'an did so to earn his livelihood, but the reciter may not intend that. We do not know what is in their hearts, but we say: if this is their intention, and they want to draw people's attention to themselves so that they will give them money, then this is forbidden for them. It is not permissible to make any of the acts of worship that bring one closer to Allah a means to obtaining worldly things, because Allah says:[Hud 11:15-16].
And He the Exalted says:[Ash-Shuraa 42:20]
Answer : The ruling on these people is that if it is confirmed that this is their intention, because we cannot judge what is in hearts. One might assume that the person sitting in that place reciting the Qur'an did so to earn his livelihood, but the reciter may not intend that. We do not know what is in their hearts, but we say: if this is their intention, and they want to draw people's attention to themselves so that they will give them money, then this is forbidden for them. It is not permissible to make any of the acts of worship that bring one closer to Allah a means to obtaining worldly things, because Allah says:
(15) Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived. (16) Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.
كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَAnd He the Exalted says:
Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest. And whoever desires the harvest of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الْآخِرَةِ نَزِدْ لَهُ فِي حَرْثِهِ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرْثَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي
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