Accepting An Unintended Worldly Benefit For Worship
Yes because this act is not against God, not intention to make it a rival to God.
We follow a holistic approach where we understand hadith in the light of Quran and Sunnah. Extracting principles from isolated hadith narrations is not a very sound approach becasue of inherent limitations in hadith transmission. I think the following viewpoint of scholars is more relavent in today’s time since it deals with the ethical issue that may arise because of Quran teaching: “ If it is just another Muslim among a group of many who are doing it, it is permissible for him to take the fee for him because he is not obligated to do so in these circumstances. But if he is in a state or place where no one else does that, then it is not permissible for him to take the fee “. Secondly , if someone is teaching Quran on a daily basis at a fixed time then payment is for that fixed time, not for teaching Quran solely and we know that Sahaba did not use to teach this way. Lastly , the role of Sahaba was very different as compared to other common Muslims. Since it was their job to propagate and disseminate Quran to the direct addressees of the Prophet Muhammad (sws) therefore, it is understandable if Prophet(sws) had shown a lot of sensitivity when he came to know of this financial benefit taken by one of his companions.
@UmerQureshi brother i understand, i was just thinking that what if it in some angle probably or maybe relate with RiyaKari or doing something exclusively for Allah but for something else, i was just asking in the same context that would it fall here or not? secondly brother, why is it said that money is for the time but not for teaching Quran? i mean if someone normally says I’m taking payment for teaching Quran, then would it be objectionable? i mean just like some science teacher, we say takes money for teaching science and maths teacher takes money for teaching maths. we don’t usually say they take money for their time to teach science or for time to teach maths. then why while mentioning a teacher of Quran we say payment is for the time of teaching Quran. Unless brother, you use the same words for science and maths teacher, that the science and maths teacher also take money for the time of teaching, then i would understand that this is just a mere difference of word while explanation but the reality is same. so no problem.