The Difference Between a Wage for Khatm al-Qur’an and for Khatm al-Bukhari

Question

(1) In “al-Minhaj al-Wahhaj” (p. 245) it says: [ar]وَاتِّخَاذُ الدَّعْوَةِ لِقِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَجَمْعُ الصُّلَحَاءِ وَالْقِرَاءَةُ لِلْخَتْمِ أَوْ لِقِرَاءَةِ سُورَةِ الْأَنْعَامِ أَوِ الْإِخْلَاصِ، فَالْحَاصِلُ أَنَّ اتِّخَاذَ الطَّعَامِ عِنْدَ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ لِأَجْلِ الْأَكْلِ يُكْرَهُ[/ar] “…

Answer

(1) The khatm of “Sahih al-Bukhari” is by way of treatment and ruqya (healing recitation), and taking a wage for it is correct; whereas the khatm of the Qur’an is for isal al-thawab (conveying reward to the deceased), and when the wage is the aim, there is no reward for mere recitation. This is the difference.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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