Hiring, Renting, and Lease: Ruling on Receiving Payment for Qur’an Recitation After Forgetting Dedication

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Hiring, Renting, and Lease: Ruling on Receiving Payment for Qur’an Recitation After Forgetting Dedication

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Question #1642:

A person hired a person to recite the Holy Qur’an in a mourning ceremony. The hired person forgot to dedicate it to the person who hired him. However, after he finished the service, he wanted to make an amends by dedicating it to the person who asked him. Is he right in doing so and should, therefore, receive the agreed fee?

Answer #1642:

To do that after he had finished the recitation is not right, especially after he did not intend to do so during the delivery of his recitation. Therefore, he is not entitled to get paid.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Hiring, Renting, and Lease