Monks

Are monks good or bad?

S 5:82 You will find the strongest of people in enmity to those who have believed the Jews and those who have associated; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to those who have believed those who have said: We are Nasara. That is because among them are priests and monks and that they are not arrogant.

A Brief Look at 'Nasara'

Friends and Protectors

S 9:31 They have taken their rabbis and their monks as lords instead of Allah and the Messiah the son of Maryam. And they were not commanded but to worship one god. There is no god but him. Praise be to him from what they associate!

The Quran’s many Gods and Lords: An Analysis of the Worship given to And Deification of Creatures within the Islamic Text

S 9:34 Those who have believed, many of the rabbis and the monks consume the monies of the people in falsehood and hinder from the way of Allah. And those who amass gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah, give them good news of painful torture.