The ruling on taking money for enjoining good and forbidding evil
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The questioner:
As for now, it is like something.
The Shaykh:
What, what?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on taking money for enjoining good and forbidding evil?
The Shaykh:
If he is given a salary so that he can prepare for this matter and devote himself to it, there is nothing wrong with it, just as one is given payment for leading the prayer, the call to prayer, teaching, and judging. He uses it to assist in the obedience of Allah and His Messenger and to devote himself to this matter. Yes, there is nothing wrong with it, from the public treasury. Yes.
As for now, it is like something.
The Shaykh:
What, what?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on taking money for enjoining good and forbidding evil?
The Shaykh:
If he is given a salary so that he can prepare for this matter and devote himself to it, there is nothing wrong with it, just as one is given payment for leading the prayer, the call to prayer, teaching, and judging. He uses it to assist in the obedience of Allah and His Messenger and to devote himself to this matter. Yes, there is nothing wrong with it, from the public treasury. Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 44 — archive.org (37:15)
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