What is the ruling on demanding a specific salary for teaching and instructing the Qur'an?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is the ruling on taking a wage for teaching the Qur'an and instructing the Noble Qur'an, and on demanding a specific salary for that?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that. The right of the one for whom you take a wage is the Book of Allah, as in the authentic report of al-Bukhari. And were it not for this, people would not have learned the Qur'an. This person comes to volunteer and teach people, and he does not devote himself to it. You know that seeking a livelihood through teaching people requires that he be given something. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says:
The Shaykh:
The scholars say: If Allah has made him self-sufficient, he does not take [a wage]; he seeks the reward from Allah. But if he is in need, he takes it. This is the choice of the Shaykh al-Islam. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What is the ruling on taking a wage for teaching the Qur'an and instructing the Noble Qur'an, and on demanding a specific salary for that?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that. The right of the one for whom you take a wage is the Book of Allah, as in the authentic report of al-Bukhari. And were it not for this, people would not have learned the Qur'an. This person comes to volunteer and teach people, and he does not devote himself to it. You know that seeking a livelihood through teaching people requires that he be given something. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says:
The Shaykh:
The scholars say: If Allah has made him self-sufficient, he does not take [a wage]; he seeks the reward from Allah. But if he is in need, he takes it. This is the choice of the Shaykh al-Islam. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3940- 4717] ما حكم طلب راتب معين على تعليم القرآن وتدريسه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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