Wages for Teaching the Qur’an

Question

Taking a wage (salary) for teaching the Qur’an is prohibited in the hadith of ‘Ubada ibn al-Samit ﵁, and its prohibition (tahrim) is established from Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifa ﵀. Why, then, have the scholars of the religion declared it permissible? Is there any hadith in support of its permissibility?

Answer

Spreading the religion according to one’s capacity is fard. In the beginning, when the Bayt al-Mal (public treasury) was properly established and stipend allowances were fixed from it for those who served the religion, these people devoted their time wholeheartedly to the service of the religion; from the stipend they received they discharged their obligatory dues (huquq…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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