Shyness about leading the family in prayer and overcoming it
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The questioner:
I seek Allah's forgiveness for myself, but when I want to recite the Qur'an, sometimes I serve as the imam of the mosque, and my family orders me to lead them in the congregational prayer, and when it comes to leading them...
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: When I want to recite the Qur'an, sometimes I talk with them, and they order me to lead them in the congregational prayer, but I refuse because when I talk to them and look at them, shyness appears on me, and I do not recite. Is there a sin in that? I do not ask to pray, and I strive against myself.
The Shaykh:
Strive against yourself; this is a good deed, and the shyness will go away. It will go away, if Allah wills, through strong resolve and by repeating this act. The shyness will go away; many people are like that at first, they feel shy, and then it goes away, by Allah's permission, with practice. So you must have resolve and rely on Allah the Exalted, and this thing will go away from you. And if you delay, the shyness will increase for you. Yes.
I seek Allah's forgiveness for myself, but when I want to recite the Qur'an, sometimes I serve as the imam of the mosque, and my family orders me to lead them in the congregational prayer, and when it comes to leading them...
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: When I want to recite the Qur'an, sometimes I talk with them, and they order me to lead them in the congregational prayer, but I refuse because when I talk to them and look at them, shyness appears on me, and I do not recite. Is there a sin in that? I do not ask to pray, and I strive against myself.
The Shaykh:
Strive against yourself; this is a good deed, and the shyness will go away. It will go away, if Allah wills, through strong resolve and by repeating this act. The shyness will go away; many people are like that at first, they feel shy, and then it goes away, by Allah's permission, with practice. So you must have resolve and rely on Allah the Exalted, and this thing will go away from you. And if you delay, the shyness will increase for you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 15 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / التجوز في القول وترك التكلف والتنطع/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة — youtube.com (1:01:52)
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