Taking payment for writing copies of the Quran

Ayyub bin A'idh said: I asked al-Sha'bi, "Some people take a wage for writing copies of the Qur'an. How is this?" He said, "As for you, do not do it."

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) considered making a financial agreement for the writing of a copy of the Qur'an to be disliked.

Isa, a son of Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla, said that Abd al-Rahman had a Christian of al-Hirah write a copy of the Qur'an for ninety dirhams.

Ibrahim considered taking a wage for writing a copy of the Qur'an to be disliked, and as evidence he recited this verse: "So woe to those who write the Book with their own hands" [Al-Baqarah: 79].

Alqamah intended to write a copy of the Qur'an, so he sought the help of his companions, and they wrote it.

The father of Ja'far said that there is no harm in giving a wage for writing a copy of the Qur'an.

According to Ibrahim, taking a wage for writing a copy of the Qur'an is disliked.