As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. Is it permissible for one to take material
remuneration (a monetary amount) in exchange for leading people in the Tarāwīḥ prayer? May Allah reward you a
thousand times over and grant you a long life.
Answer
(Imam Rushdī Salīm al-Qalam):
Praise be
to Allah, and He suffices, and peace be upon His Chosen Messenger.
To proceed:
A wage in
exchange for the prayer is not permissible but in exchange for one’s time, one’s
travelling,[1]
one’s devoting all their attention to a specific place and one’s remaining
there, then there is no harm in it, especially if there are donations.[2] When people leave off
these actions[3]
the fuqahāʾ have given the fatwā that it is permissible due to
necessity.[4]
[2] (tn): i.e. the congregation donates
money to compensate the imām, and thus the masjid itself incurs no additional expense
[3] (tn): i.e. donating
[4] (tn): because there would then be
the risk of no communal prayer
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