Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Iyas Muawiyah bin Qurrah narrates that I was a guest at the house of Amr bin Nu’man bin Muqarrin. When the month of Ramadan arrived, a man came to him from Mus’ab bin Zubair with two thousand dirhams and said, “The Amir sends you greetings and says that we have given this gift from ourselves to every respected reciter. Please fulfill your needs this month with this money.” Hazrat Amr said to him, “Convey our greetings to your Amir and also tell him that, by Allah! We have not recited the Qur’an to gain the world.” Saying this, he returned the money to him.

Hazrat Abu Ishaq says that Hazrat Abdullah bin Ma’qil led the people in Tarawih prayers during Ramadan. On the day of Eid al-Fitr, Ubaidullah bin Ziyad sent him a garment and five hundred dirhams. He returned these things and said, “We do not take wages for the Qur’an.”

Hazrat Qasim bin Abdur Rahman says that no wage will be taken for reciting the Qur'an.

Hazrat Jarir narrates from a man that Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair led the people in Tarawih prayers, so Hajjaj bin Yusuf sent him a cap or a piece of cloth, which he accepted.

Hazrat Zadhan says that whoever eats after reciting the Qur'an will come on the Day of Resurrection in such a state that there will be only bone on his face, with no flesh.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Shibl narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not make the Qur'an a means of livelihood, do not consider your connection with the Noble Qur'an to be excessive, do not exceed the literal and intended limits of the Noble Qur'an, and do not turn away from the Noble Qur'an.

Hazrat Umar says: Recite the Qur'an and ask Allah through the Qur'an, because a people will come who will ask others by means of the Qur'an.