Delaying Voluntary Prayers and the Call to Knowledge for the Student of Knowledge Until Graduation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is your advice for one who seeks knowledge and says, “I will delay the call to Allah and postpone worship and voluntary acts until I graduate from my postgraduate studies, and I will put that off until my affairs are settled”? He says: What is your advice in this matter?
Answer:
No, voluntary prayers—the voluntary prayers—are not to be delayed; one prays them along with the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers), and likewise the witr, and likewise the night prayer; they are not to be delayed. He is in need of them, and he is seeking knowledge; these help him in seeking knowledge.[Al-Baqarah 2:45] They help him in seeking knowledge and other matters. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is your advice for one who seeks knowledge and says, “I will delay the call to Allah and postpone worship and voluntary acts until I graduate from my postgraduate studies, and I will put that off until my affairs are settled”? He says: What is your advice in this matter?
Answer:
No, voluntary prayers—the voluntary prayers—are not to be delayed; one prays them along with the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers), and likewise the witr, and likewise the night prayer; they are not to be delayed. He is in need of them, and he is seeking knowledge; these help him in seeking knowledge.
And seek help through patience and prayer
وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 14-03-1439هـ — af.org.sa (1:12:08)
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