I don't think any of these people should be getting any honoraria at all. Their transportation costs, accommodations and meals can be provided for but that is it. If we have to get celebrities in order to squeeze donations out of people then I think this is a very sad testimony of where we as a community have descended. Allah has already told us in the Quran, as well as the sacred prophetic narrations, the immense rewards of giving in charity. But these people, I am sad to report, have cynically used the book of Allah and the sunnah of the prophet to manipulate the feelings of Muslims to give and then allocate that money for purposes that are highly questionable and unethical. And there is most definitely a lack of shura, community consultation, regarding major decisions that are made and this needs to change.
I don't think any of these people should be getting any honoraria at all. Their transportation costs, accommodations and meals can be provided for but that is it. If we have to get celebrities in order to squeeze donations out of people then I think this is a very sad testimony of where we as a community have descended. Allah has already told us in the Quran, as well as the sacred prophetic narrations, the immense rewards of giving in charity. But these people, I am sad to report, have cynically used the book of Allah and the sunnah of the prophet to manipulate the feelings of Muslims to give and then allocate that money for purposes that are highly questionable and unethical. And there is most definitely a lack of shura, community consultation, regarding major decisions that are made and this needs to change.