What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an in the Sacred Mosque to obtain money?

The Shaykh : Oh professor, the first night.

The questioner : To proceed, we answer the questions we did not finish in the previous night. The questioner says: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. He says: There are people in the Sacred Mosque who recite the Noble Qur'an to be given money for it, as they raise their voices. What is the ruling on that?

The Shaykh : The Noble Qur'an is worship, and its recitation is worship. Every letter of it is ten good deeds. If a person intends worldly matters with his worship, that is forbidden for him. It is not permissible for a person to intend worldly matters with something. It is not permissible for a person to intend worldly matters with something, because worship is intended for the matter of the Hereafter. If he intends the world with it, that is taking the verses of Allah in mockery, as he intended what Allah did not intend. These people who beg with the Qur'an have no good in what they do, and no blessing in what they earn. Their action is forbidden for them, and they should be advised against this matter. It should be made clear to them that the speech of Allah is greater and more noble than to be taken as a means to snatch the world. If they want that, and they want the world, and they are truthful that they are destitute and poor, then they can sit, and people know the poor person and give him charity. But to make the speech of Allah, which is the noblest of speech, a means to snatch the world, that is forbidden for them and not lawful for them.