Mentioning some examples regarding taking a wage in religious matters, or the reward for a service, and commenting on some evidence and reconciling it

From this comes that authentic report from Ibn 'Umar, from which we must take a lesson in sincerity to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in obedience and worship. You make your adhan pleasing to the ear and you take a wage for it. Also, the authentic hadith came that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he sent 'Uthman ibn Abi al-'As al-Thaqafi as imam for the Banu Thaqif, said to him as a counsel: We know that in the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphate, they used to assign salaries to judges, muftis, and imams. Does this contradict his statement (peace be upon him) just now? The answer is no, because the wage is related to the one who takes it, not to the one who gives it. So if you are given a salary for your religious position, you may take it on the condition that you do not take it as a wage given to you for your worship. And from this comes that hadith which confused some people, which is his statement (peace and blessings be upon him), and the hadith is in *Sahih al-Bukhari*: How is this, when the apparent meaning of the hadith seems to conflict with what was mentioned before regarding the obligation of sincerity in the worship of Allah, and from this worship is the recitation of the Qur'an? How did this hadith come to explicitly state the opposite of what came before in its apparent indication? When some scholars found that the apparent meaning of this hadith conflicts with those principles and rules that there is no room for contradicting, they were forced to interpret the hadith contrary to what comes to the mind of the listener. In ruqyah, with the restriction that it is in ruqyah, and not in teaching and recitation, as they do today, unfortunately, in reciting over the dead and at the mourning gatherings held for every deceased person and on multiple occasions. The intention of this hadith is not to take a wage for the recitation of the Qur'an. The reciter now recites ten chapters of the Qur'an hoping for ten dirhams or dinars. This is forbidden and not permissible. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, confirming this meaning that they interpreted in the hadith: That is, in ruqyah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That is, they hasten to receive its reward in this world and do not seek the reward of their recitation and their tending to the Noble Qur'an in the Hereafter. So the texts are numerous, abundant, and gathered in prohibiting taking a wage in exchange for the recitation of the Qur'an and teaching the Qur'an. And therefore, this hadith should not be interpreted according to its apparent meaning. That is, seeking healing with the Book of Allah. And this meaning is confirmed by the occasion in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned this hadith, which is that the story is also known and is in the authentic collections. So the messenger came from the side of that prince and presented the prince's complaint. He then stipulated, in exchange for healing him, a number of sheep or goats. I think it was ten heads or more; I no longer remember.

The questioner: Ten

The Shaykh: Yes, ten. So he came and healed him with al-Fatihah. The narrator of the hadith, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), says: So they took the reward. This was in exchange for the ruqyah, not in exchange for the recitation of the Qur'an. So they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with some doubt and questioning in their hearts: is this permissible or not? So he (peace be upon him) mentioned to them this authentic hadith: So the wage, in its apparent meaning, is not permissible to be taken absolutely in any of the acts of worship. But it can be taken for a work that a person performs which is not, meaning, pure worship, but rather an ordinary work. By this distinction between the wage and the reward (ja'alah) and meanings similar to it that differ from the wage, the problem is solved and it does not conflict with the employment that the professor mentioned just now.
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