A teacher's pay

Khalid al-Hadhdha' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) whether a teacher may teach and take a wage for it. He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If he takes a wage, there is no harm in it.

Tawus said: A teacher should teach and not stipulate (a wage); if he is given something, there is no harm in taking it.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A teacher should not stipulate, and if he is given something, he should accept it.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) did not see any harm in a teacher taking a wage, so long as he had not stipulated it.

Al-Wadin bin Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said that in Madinah three teachers were appointed to teach the children, and Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give each of those teachers a monthly stipend of fifteen (dirhams or dinars).

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) used to dislike that a teacher should stipulate a fee for teaching the Qur'an.

Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) used to dislike a teacher stipulating a fee.

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a teacher takes some payment for writing, there is no harm in it, but he used to dislike stipulating it.

Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) used to dislike a teacher stipulating a fee.

Al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: To my knowledge, no one has disliked a teacher taking payment.

Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is strong hope from the mercy of Allah Almighty that Allah will surely reward him; he teaches the children and instils good manners in them.

Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A teacher should not stipulate a fee, but if something is given to him as a gift, he should accept it.

Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) said that in Madinah there was a teacher with whom the sons of those prominent men also studied. They used to recognize his due at Nowruz and Mihrajan.