The ruling on reciting the Qur'an for people for a fee
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Question:
What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an for people for a fee? Please inform us—may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
If the intention is to teach the Qur'an to people and help them memorize it, then there is no harm in taking a fee for that—in the most correct of the scholars' opinions—due to the authentic hadith regarding reciting to the Ladiyyah on the condition of a known fee, and due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the same hadith:Sahih al-Bukhari 5737 Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it in his Sahih. However, if the intention is to take a fee for mere recitation on any occasion, then it is not permissible to take a fee for that.
And Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that he does not know of any disagreement among the scholars regarding the prohibition of that.
What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an for people for a fee? Please inform us—may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
If the intention is to teach the Qur'an to people and help them memorize it, then there is no harm in taking a fee for that—in the most correct of the scholars' opinions—due to the authentic hadith regarding reciting to the Ladiyyah on the condition of a known fee, and due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the same hadith:
You are most entitled to take wages for doing a Ruqya with Allah's Book.
إن أحق ما أخذتم عليه أجرًا كتاب اللهAnd Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that he does not know of any disagreement among the scholars regarding the prohibition of that.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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