Taking a fee for the adhan on behalf of the mu'adhdhin
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Question:
The questioner says: May Allah reward you. Sometimes the mu'adhdhin of our mosque delegates the adhan to me and gives me a fee for calling to prayer on his behalf. Is it permissible for me to accept it?
Answer:
This is what the investors of mosques do. Some people invest in the imamate and invest in the adhan, but they do not perform them themselves. They hire someone to pray for them and call to prayer for them, and they give him the fee. This is not permissible. They do not take on the imamate, nor do they take on the adhan; it is not permissible. They delegate it to someone. If it happens that he has an excuse and he delegates to someone, and that delegate did not intend the money, and he gave it to him without the delegate intending it, then there is no harm. Yes.
The questioner says: May Allah reward you. Sometimes the mu'adhdhin of our mosque delegates the adhan to me and gives me a fee for calling to prayer on his behalf. Is it permissible for me to accept it?
Answer:
This is what the investors of mosques do. Some people invest in the imamate and invest in the adhan, but they do not perform them themselves. They hire someone to pray for them and call to prayer for them, and they give him the fee. This is not permissible. They do not take on the imamate, nor do they take on the adhan; it is not permissible. They delegate it to someone. If it happens that he has an excuse and he delegates to someone, and that delegate did not intend the money, and he gave it to him without the delegate intending it, then there is no harm. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-02-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (50:34)
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