Taking a fee for an innovated act, such as reciting the Qur'an to seek a livelihood
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The second question of Fatwa No. ( 6973 )
Q2: Is it permissible for me to recite the Noble Qur'an at the request of a person who asks me to recite for him, not for the purpose of listening for contemplation, but rather I recite for him in exchange for a livelihood, a blessing, or the recovery of something lost for him, and in turn he pays me a specific amount for this? Is it permissible for me to recite for him and take the fee? There is another practice in the country, which is as follows: a person gathers a number of those who carry the Noble Qur'an, or those who study the Noble Qur'an, and asks the person to perform some supplications for him, for example, and asks that they perform for him a thousand
tasbih (glorifications), a thousand "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah), a thousand "La hawla wa la quwwata" (There is no power and no strength)... etc., and the host of the gathering prepares food and slaughters animals to feed these invited guests on this occasion, and also pays them a specific amount in exchange for their work.
A2: It is not permissible for a Muslim to recite the Qur'an in exchange for a fee given to him by the one who asked him to recite, nor is it permissible for him to make that his profession and source of livelihood. Likewise, it is not permissible for a Muslim to gather people to glorify Allah a thousand times, or to say a thousand times "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" (There is no power and no strength except in Allah), for example, in exchange for food prepared for them or a fee in money, for example, paid to them. Rather, this act is an innovated religious innovation (bid'ah). It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:Sahih Muslim 1718a .
Q2: Is it permissible for me to recite the Noble Qur'an at the request of a person who asks me to recite for him, not for the purpose of listening for contemplation, but rather I recite for him in exchange for a livelihood, a blessing, or the recovery of something lost for him, and in turn he pays me a specific amount for this? Is it permissible for me to recite for him and take the fee? There is another practice in the country, which is as follows: a person gathers a number of those who carry the Noble Qur'an, or those who study the Noble Qur'an, and asks the person to perform some supplications for him, for example, and asks that they perform for him a thousand
tasbih (glorifications), a thousand "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah), a thousand "La hawla wa la quwwata" (There is no power and no strength)... etc., and the host of the gathering prepares food and slaughters animals to feed these invited guests on this occasion, and also pays them a specific amount in exchange for their work.
A2: It is not permissible for a Muslim to recite the Qur'an in exchange for a fee given to him by the one who asked him to recite, nor is it permissible for him to make that his profession and source of livelihood. Likewise, it is not permissible for a Muslim to gather people to glorify Allah a thousand times, or to say a thousand times "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" (There is no power and no strength except in Allah), for example, in exchange for food prepared for them or a fee in money, for example, paid to them. Rather, this act is an innovated religious innovation (bid'ah). It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد
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