Sitting for food when the call to prayer is made and its connection to the love of desire
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the love of desire measured by sitting for food when the call to prayer is made? And is this a defect in the love?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation in this because it distracts a person in his prayer. Taking his desire from food in order to enter the prayer with a clear mind is one thing, but if he enters the prayer while his mind is preoccupied with food, that distracts him from the prayer. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to clear his mind of distractions and enter the prayer with a clear mind. This is not giving priority to desire; rather, it is for the sake of clearing the mind for the prayer and being humble in it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the love of desire measured by sitting for food when the call to prayer is made? And is this a defect in the love?
Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation in this because it distracts a person in his prayer. Taking his desire from food in order to enter the prayer with a clear mind is one thing, but if he enters the prayer while his mind is preoccupied with food, that distracts him from the prayer. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to clear his mind of distractions and enter the prayer with a clear mind. This is not giving priority to desire; rather, it is for the sake of clearing the mind for the prayer and being humble in it. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْدَاداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ } — islamhouse.com (1:06:18)
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