If the amount of the stipend is conditional, is it permissible?
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The questioner : Isn't it a condition, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : A condition? And what is the condition?
The questioner : Meaning, he tells them this amount of money.
The Shaykh : There is no harm; there is no obstacle. I know, for example, that the person in such-and-such rank has such-and-such a salary. There is nothing wrong with this; it is an estimation of the stipend, not a wage. However, if he says, "I will not judge except for a wage," that is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner : If he is the imam of a congregational mosque and he is told, "Just pray," then... the imam of the congregational mosque is not given a wage... [for] the one after him.
The Shaykh : I did not understand this question.
The questioner : He is appointed as the imam of a congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : The imam of a specific congregational mosque.
The questioner : ... with a salary, not a mosque... appointed in the name of the second mosque and prays in the congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : And he takes what?
The questioner : ... he demands the position of the second congregational mosque, saying, "I pray in the congregational mosque."
The Shaykh : Who is demanding? Like yourself; you are the imam of such-and-such a congregational mosque, registered as the imam of a regular mosque.
The questioner : ... and I... then a position appears in another congregational mosque, and another person is appointed there, and he says, "Why is this person given a rank of a thousand..."
The Shaykh : You are in a regular mosque.
The questioner : No, in a congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : You say you were appointed in a congregational mosque in category B, and then a person was appointed in a congregational mosque that is not regular.
The questioner : The same rank, but this one is employed in a congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : They distinguish between a congregational mosque and a regular mosque. The congregational mosque has responsibilities and effort involved in the sermons and what is appropriate and what is not.
The questioner : ... all of them... the sermons, the only difference...
The Shaykh : You said, my brother, you said you are employed in a regular mosque. What does "regular" mean? It means not a congregational mosque. You say you are employed in a regular mosque in category B, and a person was appointed in a congregational mosque in category A, and you said, "By Allah, they did not give us the same."
The questioner : The mosque is called a congregational mosque, but there is only one employee in it...
The Shaykh : My question is: is it a congregational mosque or not? Is the mosque you are in a congregational mosque or not? Leave both aside; I am asking you: is the congregational mosque you are in a congregational mosque or not? A congregational mosque, good. Is it in category B or not? Yes. Why do you say it is regular?
The questioner : Because his salary is lower. I am not asking him about the salary. I asked him, and you answer according to the question. How... now, listen.
The Shaykh : A condition? And what is the condition?
The questioner : Meaning, he tells them this amount of money.
The Shaykh : There is no harm; there is no obstacle. I know, for example, that the person in such-and-such rank has such-and-such a salary. There is nothing wrong with this; it is an estimation of the stipend, not a wage. However, if he says, "I will not judge except for a wage," that is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner : If he is the imam of a congregational mosque and he is told, "Just pray," then... the imam of the congregational mosque is not given a wage... [for] the one after him.
The Shaykh : I did not understand this question.
The questioner : He is appointed as the imam of a congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : The imam of a specific congregational mosque.
The questioner : ... with a salary, not a mosque... appointed in the name of the second mosque and prays in the congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : And he takes what?
The questioner : ... he demands the position of the second congregational mosque, saying, "I pray in the congregational mosque."
The Shaykh : Who is demanding? Like yourself; you are the imam of such-and-such a congregational mosque, registered as the imam of a regular mosque.
The questioner : ... and I... then a position appears in another congregational mosque, and another person is appointed there, and he says, "Why is this person given a rank of a thousand..."
The Shaykh : You are in a regular mosque.
The questioner : No, in a congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : You say you were appointed in a congregational mosque in category B, and then a person was appointed in a congregational mosque that is not regular.
The questioner : The same rank, but this one is employed in a congregational mosque.
The Shaykh : They distinguish between a congregational mosque and a regular mosque. The congregational mosque has responsibilities and effort involved in the sermons and what is appropriate and what is not.
The questioner : ... all of them... the sermons, the only difference...
The Shaykh : You said, my brother, you said you are employed in a regular mosque. What does "regular" mean? It means not a congregational mosque. You say you are employed in a regular mosque in category B, and a person was appointed in a congregational mosque in category A, and you said, "By Allah, they did not give us the same."
The questioner : The mosque is called a congregational mosque, but there is only one employee in it...
The Shaykh : My question is: is it a congregational mosque or not? Is the mosque you are in a congregational mosque or not? Leave both aside; I am asking you: is the congregational mosque you are in a congregational mosque or not? A congregational mosque, good. Is it in category B or not? Yes. Why do you say it is regular?
The questioner : Because his salary is lower. I am not asking him about the salary. I asked him, and you answer according to the question. How... now, listen.