The ruling on taking a wage for the adhan.

The Shaykh : The second point, and this is very important, is that it was mentioned that one of the things that led Ibn 'Umar to not love him for the sake of Allah, but rather to hate him, was that he took a wage for his adhan. There is no doubt and no ambiguity that it is not permissible, according to all Muslim scholars without any notable disagreement among them, to take a wage for any type of worship. This is because Allah the Exalted has mentioned in more than one verse of the Noble Qur'an that worship is not accepted unless it is pure for His face, Blessed and Exalted is He. As He, Mighty and Majestic, said: , and as He, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: .
His saying: : This includes shirk (associating partners with Allah) in all its types, including shirk in the sincerity to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So if a person performs an act of worship not for the face of Allah, but with the intention of immediate worldly reward, that is a type of shirk. As He, Blessed and Exalted is He, said in another verse: , The people of tafsir (exegesis) said: That is, let him perform an action in accordance with the Sunnah. For any action, any worship, that does not conform to the Sunnah, is not a righteous deed. There are many hadiths on this; one hadith is sufficient for us, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): .
Therefore, the righteous deed should be in accordance with the Sunnah. This is the first condition mentioned in this verse: .
And the second condition: That is, he does not seek a worldly wage for his worship of his Lord.
Accordingly, it should be noted that if a person is a mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer) and has a salary, he should not take this salary as a wage for his adhan. Because, above all, he has contradicted Allah in His command that his worship be pure for His face, Blessed and Exalted is He. Then he loses the virtue of the mu'adhdhin, which is mentioned in some authentic hadiths. What he takes from the salary, he takes it as a salary, not as a wage. This is based on the athar (report) of Ibn 'Umar that you heard, where he said to him: "I hate you because you take a wage for your adhan and you make mistakes in it." The first part of this statement has a clear, authentic hadith regarding it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Uthman ibn Abi al-'As as an amir (governor) over his tribe, Banu Thaqif, he said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): . Therefore, it is not permissible for the mu'adhdhin to make mistakes in his adhan; rather, he should raise his voice with it without elongation and without dragging it out.