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as five hours and make a job offer to a Qārī by saying, ‘You must do whatever we tell you’ and mention his wage as well. If the Qārī accepts then he will become their employee. Now they can assign his duty to teach the Holy Quran to children every day within those five hours.
Remember! Whether it is Imāmat, Khiṭābat, calling Ażān or any other occupation where it is definite that wages and salary are involved, then it is Wājib to ascertain a specific amount of money prior to the job, otherwise the receiver and giver will both be sinners.
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Do not use religion for worldly livelihood
Imāmat, Khiṭābat, calling Ażān, and teaching are certainly great acts of worships and taking a wage for them is also permissible but you should not use them for worldly profit because there are very severe warnings for such individuals in the blessed Aḥādīš. The Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: In the end of times, there will be people who will earn worldly wealth through their religion. They will be a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and their tongues will be sweeter than sugar but their hearts will be like wolves. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said, ‘Do they (attempt to) deceive Me or dare against Me, I swear by Myself that I will send upon them such tribulation from themselves that will surprise even a tolerant person.’
(Jāmi’-ut-Tirmiżī, Kitāb-uz-Zuĥd, vol. 4, pp. 181, Ḥadīš 2412)
Ḥakīm-ul-Ummat Maulānā Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān Na’īmī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی explained this Ḥadīš: This can have two meanings; either they will use religion to deceive the world, or they will use religion to earn worldly profit. People who earn worldly profit by
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