The Ruling on Prizes for Jurisprudential Research
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Question:
This person is asking about some of the prizes awarded for jurisprudential research, for example, taking a fee or value for the research that a person conducts for another person.
Answer:
Prizes for seeking religious knowledge are good and there is nothing wrong with them. Competitions for memorizing the Qur'an, for useful research, there is nothing wrong with that.Sahih al-Bukhari 5737, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Yes.
This person is asking about some of the prizes awarded for jurisprudential research, for example, taking a fee or value for the research that a person conducts for another person.
Answer:
Prizes for seeking religious knowledge are good and there is nothing wrong with them. Competitions for memorizing the Qur'an, for useful research, there is nothing wrong with that.
You are most entitled to take wages for doing a Ruqya with Allah's Book.
إن أحق ما أخذتم عليه أجرا كتاب الله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (076) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-01-19] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (25:37)
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