The wage of the one who divides property

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the public treasury and regarded it with contempt, and he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, I shall not reach the evening while there is a single dirham in you." Then he called a man of Banu Asad and said to him: "Divide it." He kept dividing until evening came. People said: "What if you compensated him for this?" He said: "If he wishes, but it is unlawful (suht)." He said: "We have no need of your forbidden and unlawful thing."

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: Every calculation that you make and take a wage for is of no benefit.

Al-Qasim said: I said to Sa'id bin al-Musayyib: What is your opinion about the wage of the divider (of property)? He disliked it. I said: I do the dividing until my forehead sweats, but he did not give me any relaxation or permission in it.

Qatadah said: And al-Hasan used to dislike his earnings.

Qatadah said: And Ibn Sirin said: If it is not impure (khabith), then I do not know what it is.

Sa'id bin Abi al-Hasan said: I am amazed at the person whom people consider trustworthy, so that he judges between them, and then he takes a wage for it.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to dislike that the judge of the Muslims and those who distribute the spoils of war should take a wage.

Al-Qasim said: There are four things for which a wage is not to be taken: for reciting the Qur'an, for the call to prayer (adhan), for judging, and for dividing (property).