Darussalam · Volume 3
12. The Chapters On Business TransactionsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2158 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 730
Source no. 2158 · Volume 5 · Page 158
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صحيح، الإرواء (١٤٩٣) ، الصحيحة أيضا، أحاديث البيوع
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2158. It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said: "I taught a man the Qur'an, and he gave me a bow. I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he said: 'If you accept it you will be accepting a bow of fire.' So I returned it." (Da'if)
2158 - حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْكَلَاعِيِّ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: عَلَّمْتُ رَجُلًا الْقُرْآنَ، فَأَهْدَى إِلَيَّ قَوْسًا، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «إِنْ أَخَذْتَهَا أَخَذْتَ قَوْسًا مِنْ نَارٍ» ، فَرَدَدْتُهَا
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According to the majority of the scholars, accepting a salary for teaching the Noble Qur'an is allowed. The proof of it is that the Prophet ﷺ appointed the teaching of Qur'an as a dowry in the marriage of a Companion, who did not have anything to pay as dowry. It was narrated from Ibn Abbās ؓ that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The most rightful thing for which a wage is charged is the Book of Allāh." (Sahih Al-Bukhārī: 2276). The title of Imam Bukhārī's chapter clarifies that he is making it clear that if taking a wage for Ruqyah (incantation) is correct then why not for teaching the Noble Qur'an, which requires even more hard work, so according to him, taking wages for teaching the Qur'an should definitely be permissible. (This is a one sided view; there is a more balanced view of other scholars mentioned in Atwnul-Mabud, and Usmani)