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Taking a salary for an employee in da'wah offices

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person is an employee in one of the da'wah or expatriate community offices, is it permissible for him to take a salary for that?

Answer:
A salary? No, one person does not pay you. But if one of the benefactors donates to you without any condition, there is nothing wrong with that; this is assisting in good. However, if you make a condition and say, "I will not
I invite to Allahأَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ
[Yusuf 12:108]
except for so much and so much," that is not permissible. One does not make conditions regarding acts of worship. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من أذن فهو يقيم — islamhouse.com (44:38)

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