Question 451: Most of the Zakirs, Ulama are taking handsome amount of reciting majalis and noha. Is taking wages for reciting holy Quran or eulogy  permissible in our fiqh?

Answer 451: There would be no problem for a Maddah, Zakir (eulogist) or a Qari (reader) to take wage for eulogizing (Maddahi) or reciting the holy Quran, though it is better for him/her not to take any.[1]

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sistani (ha) says: Taking wages for teaching Mustahab things is permissible. Taking wages for teaching obligatory acts of prayers is haraam.[2] As a result there is no problem in taking wages for reciting the holy Quran or eulogizing for Ahlul Bayt (pbuth).

[1] . Majma al-Masael, by Golpayegani, Vol. 2, Pg. 56;  Tawzih al-Masael of maraja’ (with annotation of Imam Khomeini), Vol. 2, Pg. 9331, Q 76;  The official website of the office of Sayyid Sistani (ha), rules concerning Job, question 12.

[2] . The official website of the office of Sayyid Sistani, Obligatory acts relating to Namaz » Qir’at (reciting the Surah Al-Hamd and other Surah of Holy Qur’an), issue 1008.