The Conflict Between Scholars' Lessons and Summer Center Programs
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Question:
What advice do you have for the honorable brothers who participate in the summer programs when the time of the shaykhs' and scholars' lessons conflicts with the time of the programs? Should they attend the lessons or stay in the programs? Please provide details, as there is much discussion among the youth on this topic. The purpose of the centers is to refine the students and teach them.
Answer:
What I see is that those in charge of the centers should spend their effort on the work of the centers and the discussions in the mosques. They should have the students attend the discussions, because this is part of the centers' work. Attending the discussions is part of the centers' work. Instead of bringing the lecturer to them at the center, they should go to the lecturer in the mosque. This is better. Their presence in the mosque, in one of the houses of Allah, listening to knowledge, is better than their staying in the centers.
So the result is that it is obligatory for those in charge of the centers to coordinate the programs so that they allocate time in their programs for attending lectures in the mosques, and so that there is no conflict in the programs. This is among the objectives of the centers, as we mentioned. Attending lectures is among the objectives. Yes.
Likewise, it is obligatory for those in charge of the centers to prevent from them things that are of no benefit or that are harmful to the students. They should teach them the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the hadiths, and fiqh. In this is sufficiency and occupation of time away from other matters. There is benefit in teaching them the Noble Qur'an, teaching them the Prophetic Sunnah, having them memorize the hadiths, having them memorize the Qur'an, having them memorize the words of the scholars, attending lectures and lessons. Also, teaching them the sciences they need in their worldly life, such as calligraphy, arithmetic, and useful skills, is also among the requirements.
As for the things they call recreational, in reality, it is not appropriate for them to be in the programs. Yes.
What advice do you have for the honorable brothers who participate in the summer programs when the time of the shaykhs' and scholars' lessons conflicts with the time of the programs? Should they attend the lessons or stay in the programs? Please provide details, as there is much discussion among the youth on this topic. The purpose of the centers is to refine the students and teach them.
Answer:
What I see is that those in charge of the centers should spend their effort on the work of the centers and the discussions in the mosques. They should have the students attend the discussions, because this is part of the centers' work. Attending the discussions is part of the centers' work. Instead of bringing the lecturer to them at the center, they should go to the lecturer in the mosque. This is better. Their presence in the mosque, in one of the houses of Allah, listening to knowledge, is better than their staying in the centers.
So the result is that it is obligatory for those in charge of the centers to coordinate the programs so that they allocate time in their programs for attending lectures in the mosques, and so that there is no conflict in the programs. This is among the objectives of the centers, as we mentioned. Attending lectures is among the objectives. Yes.
Likewise, it is obligatory for those in charge of the centers to prevent from them things that are of no benefit or that are harmful to the students. They should teach them the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the hadiths, and fiqh. In this is sufficiency and occupation of time away from other matters. There is benefit in teaching them the Noble Qur'an, teaching them the Prophetic Sunnah, having them memorize the hadiths, having them memorize the Qur'an, having them memorize the words of the scholars, attending lectures and lessons. Also, teaching them the sciences they need in their worldly life, such as calligraphy, arithmetic, and useful skills, is also among the requirements.
As for the things they call recreational, in reality, it is not appropriate for them to be in the programs. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٠١ — archive.org (38:54)
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