The Effect of Bad Character on the Reward of One Who Maintains the Prayer
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I have a colleague who maintains the prayer, but he has a bad character and is very foul-mouthed. Does this diminish the reward of his prayer and his early arrival?
Answer:
His performance of the prayer—may Allah reward him with good—is obligatory and a pillar of Islam, and he is to be praised for it. As for the bad character and foul tongue he has, these are bad morals. He should repent to Allah and leave them, and he should not habituate himself to uttering them. I am trying, and may Allah grant us and him success. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I have a colleague who maintains the prayer, but he has a bad character and is very foul-mouthed. Does this diminish the reward of his prayer and his early arrival?
Answer:
His performance of the prayer—may Allah reward him with good—is obligatory and a pillar of Islam, and he is to be praised for it. As for the bad character and foul tongue he has, these are bad morals. He should repent to Allah and leave them, and he should not habituate himself to uttering them. I am trying, and may Allah grant us and him success. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (081) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-03-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (39:27)
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