The Cure for Lethargy in Seeking Knowledge
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Question:
Your father, O Shaykh, faces a student who sometimes experiences lethargy and weakness; how should he deal with that?
Answer:
He should seek help from Allah, accustom himself to seriousness and striving, and accustom himself to things through habit. If he surrenders to his self along with laziness, the laziness will increase over him. But if he tries to control his self, resolves upon it, and accustoms it, it will become accustomed to seriousness.
Your father, O Shaykh, faces a student who sometimes experiences lethargy and weakness; how should he deal with that?
Answer:
He should seek help from Allah, accustom himself to seriousness and striving, and accustom himself to things through habit. If he surrenders to his self along with laziness, the laziness will increase over him. But if he tries to control his self, resolves upon it, and accustoms it, it will become accustomed to seriousness.
Source
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