Comparing the Seeking of Knowledge with Standing in Night Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it better for a student of knowledge to spend the night engaged in research and looking into books of knowledge, or is it better for him to engage in prayer and standing in night prayer? Which is better?
Answer:
Seeking knowledge is better than standing in night prayer, because seeking knowledge benefits the person and Allah benefits people through it; its benefit extends to others. As for standing in night prayer, its benefit is limited to its doer. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it better for a student of knowledge to spend the night engaged in research and looking into books of knowledge, or is it better for him to engage in prayer and standing in night prayer? Which is better?
Answer:
Seeking knowledge is better than standing in night prayer, because seeking knowledge benefits the person and Allah benefits people through it; its benefit extends to others. As for standing in night prayer, its benefit is limited to its doer. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:06:14)
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