Regarding Taking Wages for Teaching

Hazrat Khalid al-Hadha’ (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Hazrat Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) whether a teacher can take a wage for teaching. He (may Allah have mercy on him) replied that if he takes a wage, there is no harm in it.

Hazrat Tawoos says that the teacher should teach and not set a condition (for wages). If something is given to him, then there is no harm in taking it.

Hazrat Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the teacher should not set a condition, and if something is given to him, he should accept it.

Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) did not consider it objectionable for a teacher to take wages, provided that he had not stipulated it as a condition.

Hazrat Wazin bin Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) states that in Madinah Munawwarah, thirty teachers were appointed to teach children. Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give each teacher a monthly stipend of fifteen (dirhams or dinars).

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked that a teacher should stipulate a condition for taking payment for teaching the Qur'an.

Hazrat Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked stipulating a wage for the teacher.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a teacher takes some payment for teaching writing, there is no harm in it, but he disliked making it a condition.

Hazrat Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked stipulating a condition for the wages of a teacher.

Hazrat Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) says that to my knowledge, no one has ever disliked a teacher receiving payment.

Hazrat Muawiyah bin Qurrah, may Allah have mercy on him, says that there is strong hope from the mercy of Allah Almighty that Allah the Pure will surely grant reward to the one who teaches and disciplines children.

Hazrat Aamir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the teacher should not set a condition, but if he is given a gift, he should accept it.

Hazrat Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) says that there was a teacher in Madinah Munawwarah whose students included the children of that great man (the generous one). On Nowruz and Mehregan, they would recognize the right of this teacher.