Advice for students of knowledge who are late in hastening to the prayers

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is there any advice for the young students of knowledge who are late in attending and reminding people of the obligatory prayers?

The Shaykh:
Do they?

The questioner:
He says: Is there any advice for the young men among the students of knowledge who are late in hastening to the obligatory prayers?

The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. Students of knowledge are more deserving of being the first to act, because they are role models, and because this brings them a greater reward. Students of knowledge seek the reward, and acting upon knowledge means that the student of knowledge is the first to arrive at the mosque, because he is a role model and because he knows the virtue of advancing to the mosque. So he should not accustom himself to being late. Yes, and he becomes a bad role model that the lazy people follow, saying, "This is so-and-so, a Shaykh or a student of knowledge, and he only comes late." And the caller to Islam ends up calling to evil and laziness. He becomes a bad role model.