not for prohibition. Among those who permitted this are Malik and Al-Shafi'i. Abu Qilabah, Abu Thawr, and Ibn al-Mundhir granted a concession regarding the wages of teachers, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) married a man [to a woman] based on what he had of the Quran. This is agreed upon (52). If teaching the Quran is permissible as compensation in the context of marriage, and it stands in the place of the dowry, then it is permissible to take a wage for it in a lease. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The most deserving thing for which you take a wage is the Book of Allah." This is a sahih (authentic) hadith (53). It is established that Abu Sa'id performed ruqyah (incantation) for a man with the Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah) for a fee and he recovered. His companions took the fee, and they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and informed him and asked him. He said: "By my life, whoever eats by a false ruqyah, you have indeed eaten by a true ruqyah. Eat and assign me a share with you" (54). Therefore, it is permissible to take a wage, because it is in that same meaning, and because it is permissible to take sustenance for it from
(52) Narrated by Al-Bukhari, in: Chapter of the woman appointing an agent (wakil) in marriage, from the Book of Agency; and in: Chapter of the best of you is he who learns the Quran and teaches it, and Chapter of recitation from memory, from the Book of the Virtues of the Quran; and in: Chapter of marrying off the insolvent..., Chapter of a woman offering herself to a righteous man, Chapter of looking at a woman before marriage, Chapter of if the guardian is the suitor, Chapter of the ruler is a guardian, and Chapter of if the suitor says to the guardian, 'Marry me to such-and-such woman'..., and Chapter of marriage for [the teaching of] the Quran without a dowry, from the Book of Marriage; and in: Chapter of the iron ring, from the Book of Clothing. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/132, 6/236, 237, 7/8, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26, 202. And Muslim, in: Chapter of the dowry and the permissibility of it being the teaching of the Quran..., from the Book of Marriage. Sahih Muslim 2/1041. It was also narrated by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter of marriage for a task performed, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/487. And Al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter of what has been narrated regarding the dowries of women, from the Chapters of Marriage. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 5/34, 35. And Al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter of the words by which marriage is contracted, and Chapter of a woman gifting herself to a man without a dowry, from the Book of Marriage. Al-Mujtaba 6/76, 100, 101. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter of women's dowries, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/608. And Al-Darimi, in: Chapter of what is permissible to be a dowry, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Al-Darimi 2/142. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 5/334, 336. (53) Its documentation (takhrij) was provided previously on page 39. (54) Narrated by Al-Bukhari, in: Chapter of what is given for ruqyah upon the Arab tribes with the Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah), from the Book of Hiring (Ijarah); and in: Chapter of the Opening of the Book, from the Book of the Virtues of the Quran; and in: Chapter of ruqyah with the Opening of the Book, and Chapter of spitting in ruqyah, from the Book of Medicine. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/121, 6/231, 7/170, 173. And Muslim, in: Chapter of the permissibility of taking a wage for ruqyah with the Quran and remembrances (adhkar), from the Book of Peace (Salaam). Sahih Muslim 4/1727, 1728. And Abu Dawud, in: Chapter of the earnings of doctors, from the Book of Sales; and in: Chapter of how to perform ruqyah, from the Book of Medicine. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/237, 238, 340. And Al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter of what has been narrated regarding taking a wage for incantations, from the Chapters of Medicine. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 8/223.
