The teacher taking a salary for teaching Islamic subjects
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I am a teacher of Islamic education.
The Shaykh:
But the one who does not take the imamate except for the sake of the house or the salary, that is not acceptable according to the intention.Sahih al-Bukhari 1 He has only his intention. So if he intends the house or the money, he gets no reward for that; he has only his intention. No one gets anything but what he intended. But now they take the houses and the salaries, and they do not pray, and they do not call to prayer either. They exploit the mosques, and they do not pray, and they do not call to prayer. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. Yes. They are the laziest of people, except what Allah wills. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I am a teacher of Islamic education, and teaching Islamic subjects is an act of worship. Is it permissible for me to take a salary for that, if this salary is not from the public treasury?
The Shaykh:
A fixed salary from the public treasury or from a benefactor among the benefactors is fine, but you making it a condition is not.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I am a teacher of Islamic education.
The Shaykh:
But the one who does not take the imamate except for the sake of the house or the salary, that is not acceptable according to the intention.
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَىThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I am a teacher of Islamic education, and teaching Islamic subjects is an act of worship. Is it permissible for me to take a salary for that, if this salary is not from the public treasury?
The Shaykh:
A fixed salary from the public treasury or from a benefactor among the benefactors is fine, but you making it a condition is not.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من أذن فهو يقيم — islamhouse.com (48:46)
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