Laziness in the Fajr prayer and the ruling on intentionally abandoning it
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The questioner:
I seek refuge in Allah from abandoning the Fajr prayer, but something comes to me during the prayer, and I speak and utter words that are not good. Then I wonder and ask my family about these words, and they tell me that I said them. I say, “I seek refuge in Allah, you are lying.” So I am unable to wake up for the Fajr prayer until after the imam has finished the prayer. This continued for a period of time.
The Shaykh:
In any case, he must strive against his self, fear Allah, and strive against his self. He should sleep early and not stay up late. He should sleep early, waking up around the time of the adhan. And his family should not come and annoy him. If he is sincere, Allah will help him. But if he is just spinning his wheels and being lazy, laziness will come to him. However, if he is sincere, he will sleep early, wake up before the adhan, and know that the people of the house, or the good neighbors, will help by waking him up, knocking on the door, or something like that, or calling on the phone. A person who wants good knows the ways of good, meaning
The questioner:
The Shaykh says: I do not enter into the side of disbelief.
The Shaykh:
If he intentionally remains silent, if he intentionally abandons it, if he intentionally
I seek refuge in Allah from abandoning the Fajr prayer, but something comes to me during the prayer, and I speak and utter words that are not good. Then I wonder and ask my family about these words, and they tell me that I said them. I say, “I seek refuge in Allah, you are lying.” So I am unable to wake up for the Fajr prayer until after the imam has finished the prayer. This continued for a period of time.
The Shaykh:
In any case, he must strive against his self, fear Allah, and strive against his self. He should sleep early and not stay up late. He should sleep early, waking up around the time of the adhan. And his family should not come and annoy him. If he is sincere, Allah will help him. But if he is just spinning his wheels and being lazy, laziness will come to him. However, if he is sincere, he will sleep early, wake up before the adhan, and know that the people of the house, or the good neighbors, will help by waking him up, knocking on the door, or something like that, or calling on the phone. A person who wants good knows the ways of good, meaning
The questioner:
The Shaykh says: I do not enter into the side of disbelief.
The Shaykh:
If he intentionally remains silent, if he intentionally abandons it, if he intentionally
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب بيان كثرة طرق الخير : الأحاديث : [ 125 - 127 ] — islamhouse.com (6:48)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
