https://quranonlystudies.com/2026/06/09/the-purchased-pulpit-why-you-can-never-pay-someone-to-be-your-imam/Quran Only Studiesen-gb2026-06-09T03:41:53+00:00The Purchased Pulpit: Why You Can Never Pay Someone to Be Your Imamfaith, god, submission, jesus, bible, religion, Rashad Khalifa, Final Testament, 9:54, 5:6, 63:1, 9:31, 2:124, 107:4-7, 4:142, no clergy, 2:79, purchased pulpit, professional religion, 5:63, 36:21, no priesthood, 9:34, 22:77, paying an imam, 2:174, prophets ask no wage, selling God's revelations, Jummah, refuting Rangas, intercessor, Congregational Prayer, 53:38, 5:27, ask no wage, rabbis and priests illicit earnings, khutbah sermon, belief is the gate, imam appointed by God, striving in the cause of God, intention in worship, 63:2, Friday Prayer, O you who believe, choose to stand with God, ablution wudu only for believers, God accepts only from the righteous, paying a hypocrite, hired imam, hypocrite false witness, 6:51, religious leaders take money illicitly, leaders as lords besides God