The ruling on taking a wage for teaching the Qur'an
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The questioner : But is it permissible to take a wage for teaching the Qur'an and the rules of recitation (tajwid) to those who know them?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner: Never.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Let me clarify the question further; is it not clear?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if you feel it is not clear, then clarify it.
The questioner : I seek Allah's forgiveness, I do not know. Perhaps you have heard of the Muslim World League, and some of them clarified that, meaning, I want to ask because I am afraid of falling into that. They say, from the perspective that if a person needs it, or if a person needs it, for example, to cover his expenses, then if he takes this wage with the intention that it is not for the sake of the wage, but rather, and he does not fall short in giving, but there is a kind of sincerity, meaning it is not commercial teaching. For example, they estimated for him thirty dinars a month to give two hours a day, or one hour, to whoever he wants from the youth, and he does not fall short in teaching them, whether it is, for example, the Qur'an or from the Sunnah, for example. So is that not valid?
The Shaykh : It depends on his intention.
The questioner : Meaning, according to the intention, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner: Never.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : Let me clarify the question further; is it not clear?
The Shaykh : By Allah, if you feel it is not clear, then clarify it.
The questioner : I seek Allah's forgiveness, I do not know. Perhaps you have heard of the Muslim World League, and some of them clarified that, meaning, I want to ask because I am afraid of falling into that. They say, from the perspective that if a person needs it, or if a person needs it, for example, to cover his expenses, then if he takes this wage with the intention that it is not for the sake of the wage, but rather, and he does not fall short in giving, but there is a kind of sincerity, meaning it is not commercial teaching. For example, they estimated for him thirty dinars a month to give two hours a day, or one hour, to whoever he wants from the youth, and he does not fall short in teaching them, whether it is, for example, the Qur'an or from the Sunnah, for example. So is that not valid?
The Shaykh : It depends on his intention.
The questioner : Meaning, according to the intention, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1357 — d3watuna.com (18:35)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.