What is the ruling on receiving a wage for teaching people the Qur'an and the Islamic sciences, as well as for leading the prayer and calling the adhan, and the like?
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The questioner : I have a question, O Shaykh!
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : I am a teacher in the Ministry of Education.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I am an Islamic education teacher specializing in Sharia, so we want to ask about the wages we receive, the salaries for giving these religious lessons?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And likewise, of course, the position of leading the prayer and the position of calling the adhan, and so on?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is the ruling on such salaries?
The Shaykh : Whoever takes the salary as a wage, it is illicit.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And whoever takes it as a salary from the state, it is lawful.
The questioner : What is meant by a salary from the state?
The Shaykh : A salary from the state, what is meant?
The questioner : I know it is a wage?
The Shaykh : A salary, no.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A person gives you money, dirhams, or dinars so that you recite from the Qur'an for his father.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Like if he gave you such a salary, to help you in obedience to Allah, to devote yourself to knowledge, to preaching, to, to, and so on?
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And so the matter differs by intention, not by the taking.
The questioner : Yes, well, can the word gift or donation be subsumed under the word salary? Meaning, for example, we say as a gift or a present?
The Shaykh : A salary is not a gift.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : A salary is in exchange for work that the state assigns to you, just as they assigned Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) to manage the state and gave him a salary.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And when he took it, he was not ashamed and said, "This is not enough for me."
The questioner : Yes, and well, O Shaykh, excuse me, is there a proof from the Qur'an or the hadith that can be cited for this?
The Shaykh : For what?
The questioner : For the permissibility of accepting a salary as a salary?
The Shaykh : What we mentioned is sufficient for you.
The questioner : Yes, well, excuse me, on the same topic, O Shaykh: in the Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia, for example, there are Qur'an memorization centers, and they also appoint teachers for the purpose of memorizing the Qur'an?
The Shaykh : The same answer, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : The same answer, ah, well, O Shaykh, thank you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : I am a teacher in the Ministry of Education.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I am an Islamic education teacher specializing in Sharia, so we want to ask about the wages we receive, the salaries for giving these religious lessons?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And likewise, of course, the position of leading the prayer and the position of calling the adhan, and so on?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So what is the ruling on such salaries?
The Shaykh : Whoever takes the salary as a wage, it is illicit.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And whoever takes it as a salary from the state, it is lawful.
The questioner : What is meant by a salary from the state?
The Shaykh : A salary from the state, what is meant?
The questioner : I know it is a wage?
The Shaykh : A salary, no.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A person gives you money, dirhams, or dinars so that you recite from the Qur'an for his father.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Like if he gave you such a salary, to help you in obedience to Allah, to devote yourself to knowledge, to preaching, to, to, and so on?
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is it
Verily, deeds are by intentions
فإنما الأعمال بالنياتThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And so the matter differs by intention, not by the taking.
The questioner : Yes, well, can the word gift or donation be subsumed under the word salary? Meaning, for example, we say as a gift or a present?
The Shaykh : A salary is not a gift.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : A salary is in exchange for work that the state assigns to you, just as they assigned Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) to manage the state and gave him a salary.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And when he took it, he was not ashamed and said, "This is not enough for me."
The questioner : Yes, and well, O Shaykh, excuse me, is there a proof from the Qur'an or the hadith that can be cited for this?
The Shaykh : For what?
The questioner : For the permissibility of accepting a salary as a salary?
The Shaykh : What we mentioned is sufficient for you.
The questioner : Yes, well, excuse me, on the same topic, O Shaykh: in the Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia, for example, there are Qur'an memorization centers, and they also appoint teachers for the purpose of memorizing the Qur'an?
The Shaykh : The same answer, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : The same answer, ah, well, O Shaykh, thank you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
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