Is it permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an, or hadith, or any of the Islamic subjects?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Is it permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an, or hadith, or any of the Islamic subjects? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement regarding taking a fee for teaching the Qur'an, and the correct view is that it is permissible, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) , especially if the teacher is in need and has no other means of livelihood. If he devotes himself to teaching the Qur'an, he is cut off from earning, so he takes what is sufficient for him, and there is no harm in that, if Allah wills, because this facilitates the teaching of the Qur'an.

The questioner:
The rest of the question asks about teaching the other religious matters.

The Shaykh:
As for teaching the other matters, such as fiqh, grammar, tafsir, and hadith, there is no harm; this is even more permissible. It is permissible to take a fee for it, and there is no disagreement among scholars on this point; they only disagreed regarding the teaching of the Qur'an.