Which is the better time for a lesson: listening to the lesson or performing tawaf?
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Question:
The questioner asks: Which is the better time for a lesson: listening to the lesson or performing tawaf?
Answer:
No, listening to the lesson is better. Listening to the lesson is better, because you may benefit from advantages that Allah will make beneficial for you in the future. Tawaf is an act of worship, but seeking knowledge is the best type of worship. Seeking knowledge is the best type of worship. Some of the Salaf said, "I would rather stand in prayer for the night than learn a single issue of knowledge, because learning knowledge is something by which Allah benefits you and benefits others; its benefit extends to others. As for worship, such as tawaf or prayer, its benefit is limited to its doer; it does not extend to people. The worship whose benefit extends to others is better than the worship whose benefit is limited to its doer. So the student of knowledge seeks knowledge for himself and seeks knowledge for people; he clarifies things for them and guides them, so he benefits himself and benefits others. As for the one who is engaged in worship, he benefits himself only and does not benefit others.
The questioner asks: Which is the better time for a lesson: listening to the lesson or performing tawaf?
Answer:
No, listening to the lesson is better. Listening to the lesson is better, because you may benefit from advantages that Allah will make beneficial for you in the future. Tawaf is an act of worship, but seeking knowledge is the best type of worship. Seeking knowledge is the best type of worship. Some of the Salaf said, "I would rather stand in prayer for the night than learn a single issue of knowledge, because learning knowledge is something by which Allah benefits you and benefits others; its benefit extends to others. As for worship, such as tawaf or prayer, its benefit is limited to its doer; it does not extend to people. The worship whose benefit extends to others is better than the worship whose benefit is limited to its doer. So the student of knowledge seeks knowledge for himself and seeks knowledge for people; he clarifies things for them and guides them, so he benefits himself and benefits others. As for the one who is engaged in worship, he benefits himself only and does not benefit others.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أيهما أفضل وقت الدرس استماع الدرس أو الطواف؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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