Chapter: The Sustenance of the Ruler and Those Who Work for It. Shurayh the Judge used to take a wage for the judiciary.
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The Reciter: And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, with abundant peace.
Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Chapter: The Sustenance of the Ruler and Those Who Work for It. Shurayh the Judge used to take a wage for the judiciary. Aisha said: The guardian eats according to the extent of his work. Abu Bakr and 'Umar ate [from the public treasury].
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author said: Chapter: The Sustenance of the Ruler and Those Who Work for It. Shurayh the Judge used to take a wage for the judiciary, up to the end of the chapter. It has been established for us that the judiciary is a collective obligation (fard kifayah), and no collective obligation is one for which a wage may be taken by specifying a judge and saying, "Judge between people for a wage of such and such." However, there is no harm in the sustenance from the public treasury, because the public treasury is established for the interests of the Muslims. If the one in authority determines that the judge receives such and such, the imam such and such, and the teacher such and such, this is merely an estimation and not a wage. As for "those who work for it," he means those who work for zakah, for Allah has assigned them a share of the zakah, even if they are rich, in return for their work. Shurayh the Judge used to take a wage for the judiciary, meaning sustenance from the public treasury. Aisha said: The guardian eats according to the extent of his work. The guardian eats from the property of the one for whom he is guardian, eating according to the extent of his work, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:6]. Abu Bakr and 'Umar ate, meaning from the public treasury. The conclusion is that what is given to those who manage public interests, such as the judiciary, teaching, leading prayer, the call to prayer, or others, from the public treasury is not a wage, but rather sustenance. As for estimating it at a specific amount, this falls under the category of estimating the distribution from the public treasury, and this does not constitute a wage.
Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Chapter: The Sustenance of the Ruler and Those Who Work for It. Shurayh the Judge used to take a wage for the judiciary. Aisha said: The guardian eats according to the extent of his work. Abu Bakr and 'Umar ate [from the public treasury].
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author said: Chapter: The Sustenance of the Ruler and Those Who Work for It. Shurayh the Judge used to take a wage for the judiciary, up to the end of the chapter. It has been established for us that the judiciary is a collective obligation (fard kifayah), and no collective obligation is one for which a wage may be taken by specifying a judge and saying, "Judge between people for a wage of such and such." However, there is no harm in the sustenance from the public treasury, because the public treasury is established for the interests of the Muslims. If the one in authority determines that the judge receives such and such, the imam such and such, and the teacher such and such, this is merely an estimation and not a wage. As for "those who work for it," he means those who work for zakah, for Allah has assigned them a share of the zakah, even if they are rich, in return for their work. Shurayh the Judge used to take a wage for the judiciary, meaning sustenance from the public treasury. Aisha said: The guardian eats according to the extent of his work. The guardian eats from the property of the one for whom he is guardian, eating according to the extent of his work, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: