Is it permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an, or for reciting it?
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Question:
I am a teacher for memorizing the Noble Qur'an, and I have heard some people say: It is not permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an, nor for reciting it. Is this true or not?
Answer:
The correct view is that it is permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an, teaching the Sunnah, and treatment. It is permissible to take a fee for that, based on what is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith: that a group of the Companions passed by a tribe whose leader was bitten by a snake, their chief was bitten—meaning stung by a snake—so the people of the bitten one came to them and said to them: Is there among you anyone who can perform ruqyah? They said: Yes. They said to them: You have not hosted us, and we will not perform ruqyah for him except for a fee. So they agreed with them on a herd of sheep. One of the Companions performed ruqyah on him, recited for him Surat al-Fatihah, and kept blowing on him. He stood up as if he had been untied from a rope, and Allah cured him. They gave them their fee. The Companions said: We will not take it until we go to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him, he said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3418Sahih (Al-Albani) to make their hearts content with it, and he said: Sahih al-Bukhari 5737.
So the teacher is given. If he is not given, how will he teach? And how will he devote himself to teaching? The teacher and the healer are given. But to read mere reading? No, the scholars are in agreement that one is not given for mere reading. It is said: Listen to us recite some verses and you have so much. This is not permissible, mere recitation only. As for the knowledge that teaches people, guides them to good, teaches them the Book of Allah, teaches them the Sunnah, studies in schools; he is given salaries so that he can devote himself to this matter, so that he is active in it. And so he treats with the Qur'an, he treats with supplications, and he practices medicine with a Shari'ah-compliant, permissible medicine; he is given his fee, there is no harm.
I am a teacher for memorizing the Noble Qur'an, and I have heard some people say: It is not permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an, nor for reciting it. Is this true or not?
Answer:
The correct view is that it is permissible to take a fee for teaching the Qur'an, teaching the Sunnah, and treatment. It is permissible to take a fee for that, based on what is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith: that a group of the Companions passed by a tribe whose leader was bitten by a snake, their chief was bitten—meaning stung by a snake—so the people of the bitten one came to them and said to them: Is there among you anyone who can perform ruqyah? They said: Yes. They said to them: You have not hosted us, and we will not perform ruqyah for him except for a fee. So they agreed with them on a herd of sheep. One of the Companions performed ruqyah on him, recited for him Surat al-Fatihah, and kept blowing on him. He stood up as if he had been untied from a rope, and Allah cured him. They gave them their fee. The Companions said: We will not take it until we go to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him, he said:
Narrated Abu Sa’id Al Khudri: Some of the Companions of Prophet (ﷺ) went on a journey. They encamped with a clan of the Arabs and sought hospitality from them, but they refused to provide them with any hospitality. The chief of the clan was stung by a scorpion or bitten by a snake. They gave him all sorts of treatment, but nothing gave him relied. One of them said: Would that you had gone to those people who encamped with you ; some of them might have something which could give you relief to your companion. (So they went and) one of them said: Our chief has been stung by a scorpion or bitten by a snake. We administered all sorts of medicine but nothing gave him relief. Has any of you anything, i.e. charm, which gives healing to our companion. One of those people said: I shall apply charm; we sought hospitality from you, but you refused to entertain us. I am not going to apply charm until you give me some wages. So they offered them a number of sheep. He then came to and recited Faithat-al-Kitab and spat until he was cured as if he were set free from a bond. Thereafter they made payment of the wages as agreed by them. They said: Apportion (the wages). The man who applied the charm said: Do not do until we come to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and consult him. So they came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) next morning and mentioned it to him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: From where did you learn that it was a charm ? You have done right. Give me a share along with you.
أحسنتم واضربوا لي معكم بسهمYou are most entitled to take wages for doing a Ruqya with Allah's Book.
إن أحق ما أخذتم عليه أجرًا كتاب اللهSo the teacher is given. If he is not given, how will he teach? And how will he devote himself to teaching? The teacher and the healer are given. But to read mere reading? No, the scholars are in agreement that one is not given for mere reading. It is said: Listen to us recite some verses and you have so much. This is not permissible, mere recitation only. As for the knowledge that teaches people, guides them to good, teaches them the Book of Allah, teaches them the Sunnah, studies in schools; he is given salaries so that he can devote himself to this matter, so that he is active in it. And so he treats with the Qur'an, he treats with supplications, and he practices medicine with a Shari'ah-compliant, permissible medicine; he is given his fee, there is no harm.
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