السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: رزق المؤذن
The muezzin's stipend
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قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: قَدْ أَرْزَقَ الْمُؤَذِّنِينَ أَمَامُ هُدًى عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَاحْتَجَّ فِي جَوَازِ الِاحْتِمَالِ عَلَى تَعْلِيمِ الْخَيْرِ بِمَا رُوِّينَا فِي كِتَابِ الصَّدَاقِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ زَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى سُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "A rightly guided imam, Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), fixed a stipend for the muezzins." And he cited as evidence for the permissibility of taking a wage for teaching good the hadith we have narrated in the Book of the Dowry from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he (peace and blessings be upon him) married a woman (to a man) in return for (teaching her) a surah of the Qur'an.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْبِسْطَامِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ ثنا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ الْبَرَاءُ أنبأ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرُّوا بِحَيٍّ مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ وَفِيهِمْ لَدِيغٌ - أَوْ سَلَيْمٌ - فَقَالُوا: هَلْ فِيكُمْ مِنْ رَاقٍ فَإِنَّ فِي الْمَاءِ لَدِيغًا - أَوْ سَلِيمَا - فَانْطَلَقَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَرَقَاهُ عَلَى شَاءٍ فَبَرَأَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَى أَصْحَابَهُ كَرِهُوا ذَلِكَ وَقَالُوا: أَخَذْتَ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَجْرًا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ أَحَقَّ مَا أَخَذْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا كِتَابُ اللهِ " رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ سِيدَانَ بْنِ مُضَارِبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ وَرُوِّينَا فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي مَحْذُورَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَعَاهُ حِينَ قَضَى التَّأْذِينَ فَأَعْطَاهُ صُرَّةً فِيهَا شَيْءٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a group of the Companions passed by one of the Arab tribes, and a man stung by a scorpion, or one badly wounded, was brought to them. They asked: Is there anyone among you who performs ruqyah? There is someone stung by a scorpion at the water, or he said: he is badly wounded. A man from among them got up and performed ruqyah on him in return for some sheep, and he recovered. When he came to his companions, they disliked it and said: You have taken a wage for the Book of Allah. When they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), they informed him of it, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most deserving thing for which you take a wage is the Book of Allah."
(b) In the hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Mahdhurah (may Allah be pleased with him) there is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him when he had completed the adhan and gave him a purse containing some silver.
(b) In the hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Mahdhurah (may Allah be pleased with him) there is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him when he had completed the adhan and gave him a purse containing some silver.
