Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the treasury, and when he found it light, he said: By Allah, I will not spend the night while there remains even a single dirham upon you. Then he called a man from the tribe of Asad and said to him: Distribute it. He kept distributing until evening came. The people said: If you are given something in return for this? He replied: If he wishes, but it is unlawful. He said: We have no need of your unlawful and forbidden things.

Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib says that any reckoning for which a wage is taken after doing it, then that person is not a benefactor. (It is useless.)

Hazrat Qasim says that I asked Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib: What is your opinion regarding the wage of the one who distributes (inheritance, etc.)? He disliked it. I said that I distribute to the extent that sweat appears on my forehead, but he did not grant me any leniency or permission in this matter. Hazrat Qatadah says that Hasan used to dislike its earnings. Hazrat Ibn Sirin says that if it is not impure, then I do not know what it is.

Hazrat Saeed bin Abi Al-Hasan says that I am astonished at the person whom people considered trustworthy to the extent that he judges among them, and then he takes a wage for it.

Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked that the judges of the Muslims and those who distributed the spoils of war should receive wages.

Hazrat Qasim says that no remuneration shall be taken for four things: for recitation of the Qur'an, for the call to prayer (adhan), for judging (qada), and for distributing (division).