Is This Practice Allowed?
Question :
I am a young man who calls to prayer, but I don't get any stipend for doing so because for some reason, I am not qualified to get a stipend. The Imam of the Masjid said that he wanted to write to the charitable agency responsible for stipends, to ask them to give a stipend for the one who calls to prayer; he wanted to write this demand, not using my name, but some other person's name, so that they would approve the request. He wanted me to take the stipend and continue to call to the prayer. Is this falseness or not? If it is and I have already taken some of the money, what should I do? Should I give it to the poor?
Answer:
This is wrong, false, and not allowed. You should return the money to the agency. If that seems impracticable, give the money in charity to the poor or the like since it is wealth that is unlawfully acquired, and difficult to return to its rightful owners. Then it is obligatory for you to give it in a good cause - to the poor, to fixing washrooms (by the Masjid), etc.
Source:
Ibn Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 8 Pages 90-91
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