The reward associated with raising the voice in the adhan and the ruling on taking a wage for it

Question:
Honorable Shaykh! This questioner says: Abu 'Abdullah, what is the reward associated with raising the adhan? And does taking a wage for the adhan diminish this reward? May Allah preserve you and guide your steps?

Answer:
And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad. As for what follows, raising the voice in the adhan is prescribed in order to inform people of the presence of the prayer. Also, everything that hears the voice of the mu'adhdhin, whether it is an inanimate object or anything else, will testify for him on the Day of Resurrection, as mentioned in the hadith. Therefore, raising the voice in the adhan is required. For this reason, when hiring someone for the adhan, the one with the highest voice is chosen. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abdullah ibn Zayd when he saw the adhan in a dream: “One with a higher voice than you,” meaning one with a louder voice than you. So the mu'adhdhin strives to raise the adhan. As for taking a wage, if his intention for the adhan is the wage, meaning he calls to prayer in order to take the wage, then this is forbidden and his adhan is invalid, because acts of worship are not done for the sake of this world. However, if he takes the wage intending the adhan and the reward of the adhan, and the wage is not called a wage but rather sustenance from the public treasury that he takes to help him with the adhan and to devote himself to it, then there is no harm in that. It helps him in the obedience of Allah the Exalted, and he did not intend it, but rather intended the reward and recompense. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,