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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice for those who waste their time in Hajj through talk and sleep

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Question:
Abu Salim says that some people waste their time in those sacred places, between talking about worldly matters, sleeping, and other things, until these days pass by. He says: I hope the Shaykh will give advice to these people.

Answer:
As for sleeping, they need it, and as for talking, they also need it, but they should not do too much of it, or let it be forbidden talk such as cursing, insulting, backbiting, or talebearing. Rather, it should be permissible talk for understanding one another, and there is nothing wrong with that. If it were not for the fact that a person occupies his time with the remembrance of Allah, the talbiyah, supplication, and takbir, Allah the Exalted said:
And whatever good you do - Allah knows it.وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللَّهُ
[Al-Baqarah 2:197]
So the Muslim pilgrim makes the most of his time with worship and the remembrance of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. There is no harm in his sleeping and resting, and there is no harm in his talking within the limits of necessity; there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (016) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1433-12-01] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (5:19)

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