The Wisdom of Serving Food Before Prayer
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Question:
What is the wisdom, Your Eminence the Shaykh, in a person serving food before the best of acts of worship, which is the prayer?
Answer:
Because if he comes to the prayer with his heart attached to the food, he will not pray it as it should be, with tranquility, humility, and full attention to it. Rather, his heart will be attached to the food. And Allah says:[Al-Mu'minun 23:1-2] The prayer is worthy of care and full attention with both the heart and the body. Therefore, it is not permissible for there to be distractions in his heart that occupy him from it. So if he has prepared the evening meal, he should start with it until he comes to the prayer with his heart free, focused on it, and humble in it.
What is the wisdom, Your Eminence the Shaykh, in a person serving food before the best of acts of worship, which is the prayer?
Answer:
Because if he comes to the prayer with his heart attached to the food, he will not pray it as it should be, with tranquility, humility, and full attention to it. Rather, his heart will be attached to the food. And Allah says:
(1) Certainly will the believers have succeeded: (2) They who are during their prayer humbly submissive
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أسئلة في باب وقت صلاة المغرب — islamhouse.com (7:34)
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