Is it permissible to hire someone to lead the people in the tarawih prayer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the imam of the mosque is unable to lead the tarawih prayer, is it permissible for him to hire a person to lead them in tarawih and the night prayer, and give him a portion of his salary?
Answer:
Hiring is not valid if he hires him in this manner. However, if he seeks his assistance and lets him pray with him, and gives him something as a reward without a stipulation, without a stipulation, there is no harm in that. But if he contracts with him and hires him, that is forbidden and not permissible, and his prayer is not valid if his intention is to migrate.
Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a man who said, "I will lead you in prayer in Ramadan for so much and so much." He said, "I seek refuge in Allah. Who would pray behind this man?"
Because this man seeks the worldly life with his deed, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Hud 11:15] So the one who performs acts of worship for the sake of greed for the worldly life falls under this verse. As for the one who performs acts of worship for Allah, and if he is given something he takes it without a condition, there is no harm in that. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the imam of the mosque is unable to lead the tarawih prayer, is it permissible for him to hire a person to lead them in tarawih and the night prayer, and give him a portion of his salary?
Answer:
Hiring is not valid if he hires him in this manner. However, if he seeks his assistance and lets him pray with him, and gives him something as a reward without a stipulation, without a stipulation, there is no harm in that. But if he contracts with him and hires him, that is forbidden and not permissible, and his prayer is not valid if his intention is to migrate.
Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about a man who said, "I will lead you in prayer in Ramadan for so much and so much." He said, "I seek refuge in Allah. Who would pray behind this man?"
Because this man seeks the worldly life with his deed, and Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
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.
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [31 -954] هل يجوز أن يستأجر من يصلي بالناس التراويح؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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