Ḥarām Gains: Are Salaries for Teaching Islamic Jurisprudence Permissible?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Ḥarām Gains: Are Salaries for Teaching Islamic Jurisprudence Permissible?

English:

Question #1104:

What is the ruling on the salaries paid to the professors who teach jurisprudence and fundamentals of jurisprudence in theology colleges?

Answer #1104:

The obligation to teach that whose teaching is a kifā’ī obligation does not detract from the permissibility of getting paid for it.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Ḥarām Gains