Negligence in Prayer and Smoking Among University Students
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Question:
This is a student asking, and he says: I see some of my classmates at the university being negligent in prayer, or also engaging in some prohibited matters, such as smoking, whose harms and dangers we know. So what is your guidance for such young people regarding performing the prayer with the Muslim congregation and staying away from such prohibited and forbidden things, especially in government institutions?
Answer:
This is obligatory upon the university officials to inspect the students, place supervisors over them, and be strict with them regarding prayer. If someone repeatedly commits this wrongdoing and does not desist, he must be removed from the university and expelled, so that the university is purified from such people and they do not influence others. If they see strictness in this matter, then the situation will be rectified, with Allah’s permission.
This is a student asking, and he says: I see some of my classmates at the university being negligent in prayer, or also engaging in some prohibited matters, such as smoking, whose harms and dangers we know. So what is your guidance for such young people regarding performing the prayer with the Muslim congregation and staying away from such prohibited and forbidden things, especially in government institutions?
Answer:
This is obligatory upon the university officials to inspect the students, place supervisors over them, and be strict with them regarding prayer. If someone repeatedly commits this wrongdoing and does not desist, he must be removed from the university and expelled, so that the university is purified from such people and they do not influence others. If they see strictness in this matter, then the situation will be rectified, with Allah’s permission.
Source
لقاء مفتوح في جامعة الإمام محمد بن سعود الإسلامية 1439/07/11هـ — af.org.sa (1:01:43)
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