Is it permissible to take a fee for washing and shrouding the dead?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to take a fee for washing and shrouding the dead?
The Shaykh : If this fee or this gift is given without any condition, there is no doubt in its permissibility and there is no harm in it, because it serves as a reward for this washer and shrouder for his work. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 1672Sahih (Al-Albani) However, if this fee is stipulated, it undoubtedly diminishes the reward of the washer and shrouder, because the washer and shrouder receives a great reward, since washing the dead and shrouding them is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). Thus, the washer and shrouder obtains the reward of a collective obligation. But if he takes a fee for it, his reward will be diminished. There is no harm on him if he takes a fee for this, because this fee is in exchange for work that extends to others, and it is permissible to take a fee for work that extends to others, just as it is permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an according to the correct opinion. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a young man asking, and he says.
The Shaykh : If this fee or this gift is given without any condition, there is no doubt in its permissibility and there is no harm in it, because it serves as a reward for this washer and shrouder for his work. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him
من صنع إليكم معروفاً فكافئوهThe questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a young man asking, and he says.