Is one who takes a fee for reciting the Qur'an obligated to return it?
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The questioner : Now, Shaykh, is it like this one who takes a fee for reciting the Qur'an?
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The one who takes a fee for reciting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Can it be said that he...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who takes a fee for reciting the Qur'an: it is said that we take the fee from the one for whom it was recited, because he entered into this contract, but we do not give it to the reciter, because he does not deserve it. Rather, we take it and give it in charity.
The questioner : If he took it, is he obligated to return it?
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : If he took it, is he obligated to return it?
The Shaykh : This goes back to the judge; if he sees it in the public interest to take it from him as a deterrent for him and so that others do not do the same, there is no harm.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The one who takes a fee for reciting the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Can it be said that he...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who takes a fee for reciting the Qur'an: it is said that we take the fee from the one for whom it was recited, because he entered into this contract, but we do not give it to the reciter, because he does not deserve it. Rather, we take it and give it in charity.
The questioner : If he took it, is he obligated to return it?
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : If he took it, is he obligated to return it?
The Shaykh : This goes back to the judge; if he sees it in the public interest to take it from him as a deterrent for him and so that others do not do the same, there is no harm.