The ruling on taking a wage for enjoining good and forbidding evil
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In one of the markets, I was asked to enjoin good and forbid evil in exchange for money. The question is: What is the ruling on this money that I will take in return for this oversight?
Answer:
This is your wage; you have nothing else. If you take it, it is your wage. However, if this money is from the public treasury, which is for general public interests, then there is no harm. But if it is from one of the merchants, and he does not provide you with this, then you have nothing except this wage.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In one of the markets, I was asked to enjoin good and forbid evil in exchange for money. The question is: What is the ruling on this money that I will take in return for this oversight?
Answer:
This is your wage; you have nothing else. If you take it, it is your wage. However, if this money is from the public treasury, which is for general public interests, then there is no harm. But if it is from one of the merchants, and he does not provide you with this, then you have nothing except this wage.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1727] حكم أخذ الأجرة على الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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