Guidance for Students of Knowledge on Making Use of the Vacation

Question:
The questioner asks: Is there any word of guidance from your eminence for the youth in general, and for the students of knowledge in particular, on how to make use of the vacation season and the presence of the honorable shaykhs during this time?

Answer:
It is obligatory for students of knowledge to always make good use of their time, not just during the vacation. Time should always be preserved for what is beneficial and for what increases knowledge. However, some people treat the vacation as empty time, as nothing, and so they abandon benefit and gain, and they abandon acquiring knowledge. This is a mistake. This is a mistake. So one should acquire knowledge and not abandon the pursuit of knowledge, neither during the vacation nor at any other time. But during the academic year, the study is formal and structured, whereas during the vacation, the study is informal and free. That is, one should make use of it in ways that benefit and profit him. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,