Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Or do you ask them for a fee, so they would be burdened with a heavy debt?)

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Exegesis of His saying, the Exalted: (Or do you ask them for a fee, so they would be burdened with a heavy debt?)

Allah the Exalted said:

Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْراً فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ

[Surat al-Tur: 40] Meaning: Rather, do you ask them for a fee? The interrogation here is for negation, and every (or) there, its interrogation is for negation and rebuke,Meaning: Are you, O Muhammad, when you called them to Allah the Exalted, are you saying: Give me a heavy, large fee that they cannot afford, so that they would turn you away?
No,Allah the Exalted said:

Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for the Qur'an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious

قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ

[Surat Sad: 86] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say to anyone: Give me a fee for my calling you. Rather, he (peace and blessings be upon him) spends money to reconcile hearts, as he gave a great amount of wealth to those whose hearts were to be reconciled, and he does not ask anyone for any compensation for what he brought of the message.
Some of the scholars of knowledge cited evidence that it is not permissible for a person to take a fee for teaching knowledge,Meaning: a fee,The person says: I will not teach you except for so much and so much, but there is consideration in this;Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (The most worthy thing for which you take a wage is the Book of Allah).

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