Question
A foreign qaari charges $1,000 for reciting qiraa't. He says that it is his livelihood. What does the Shariah say in this matter?
Answer
All of these mercenary qaaris recite for the boodle. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Recite the Qur'aan. Don't eat with it." In other words, don't use the
Qur'aan for monetary gain. It is for this reason that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that most of the munaafiqeen of the Ummah are its qaaris. It is not permissible to participate in the mockery of the Qur'aan staged by these mercenary thugs.
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- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 22 No 03
- PDF page
- 4
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