Reading in tafsir books during the first part of the official workday

The questioner:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: We are employees in the Religious Affairs department, and work begins at eight o'clock. The supervisor has permitted us to read from Ibn Sa'di's tafsir,

The Shaykh:
us.

The questioner:
He says: We are employees in the Religious Affairs department, and work begins at eight o'clock. The supervisor has permitted us to read from Ibn Sa'di's tafsir for half an hour from the start of work, and sometimes it extends until nine o'clock. Some of our brothers have objected to this, although we have no work that we have left undone, neglected, or failed to complete.

The Shaykh:
Yes, if your reading in Ibn Kathir's tafsir or other beneficial books does not affect your work, there is nothing wrong with it. In fact, this is an increase in good. You are callers to Allah and in need of knowledge, so there is nothing wrong with it. The one who objected to you is mistaken in this. You are present here at work, present at work, and you are utilizing the time for benefit. There is no obstacle, and you have not neglected any of your work. Yes.