Suggestion for a lesson after prayer and clarification of the obligation to seek knowledge

The questioner:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, the attendance is greater after the prayer. I would like to speak after the prayer; after the prayer, there are more people than now, because now there are few people. If you speak for three minutes after the prayer about some topics every day, this is a suggestion, Honorable Shaykh, because after the prayer, generally, there is no attendance.

The Shaykh:
From the perspective of the house, this happens sometimes, or it happens sometimes, or it is constant, yes. After the prayer, people leave; they do not listen, they wait. At the end of the prayer, they wake up. They leave without waiting. Now, they are all sitting and listening. Whoever is harmed by this leaves; this is a rule.

The questioner:
It is waited for.

The Shaykh:
We are listening and waiting; we ask Allah to grant success to everyone. The most important thing for a believer is to seek knowledge and to gain understanding of the religion. If Allah makes it easy for him to attend lessons in the 'Isha' prayer, the 'Asr prayer, or at any other time, let him take advantage of this great opportunity by attending, listening, benefiting, and asking questions. For Allah, Exalted and Majestic, says in His great Book: And those who know are the ones who have come to know Allah, know His right, and know His religion. Knowledge is not attained except through learning. And He says: And worship is not achieved through knowledge. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The prophets. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The prophets. So gaining understanding of the religion is the path to worship, the path to knowledge, the path to happiness, and the path to knowing what Allah loves, what Allah dislikes, what Allah has made obligatory, and what Allah has forbidden. Therefore, every person of responsibility, whether jinn or human, is required to learn and gain understanding of everything he cannot afford to be ignorant of, so that he knows what he was created for, which is the obedience of Allah, and what he has been forbidden from, which he has transgressed, and so that he worships Allah with insight. This is obligatory upon all persons of responsibility.
From the jinn and humans, from men and women, it is upon all the jinn and humans, men and women, to understand the religion and to learn. And this is through the path of the Qur'an, reflecting on the Qur'an, increasing its recitation, and asking about what is difficult. And through the path of the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his hadiths. Through the sermons that take place in the congregations, the reminders, the exhortations, and the lectures. These are the paths by which the religion is learned and by which what Allah has legislated and what Allah has commanded is known. So it is obligatory upon the persons of responsibility to strive in these things until they know what Allah has made obligatory upon them and what Allah has forbidden upon them. The greatest, easiest, and simplest of that is caring for the Qur'an. One can read the Qur'an in his house, reflect on it, understand it, and listen to the Qur'an radio, which has good reciters, which has exhortations. The Qur'an radio has great good, exhortations, lectures, Qur'an recitation, and tafsir, and "Light on the Path" at nine-thirty every night. It is great good. It is obligatory upon the people of knowledge, it is obligatory upon the common people to learn, men and women, jinn and humans. The jinn were created for this, and the humans were created for this. So upon all the jinn and humans is to learn, to understand the religion, and not to be lax in this matter, whether they are men or women, whether they are excused or not excused regarding illnesses and the like. The one who is excused attends the lessons in the mosques, listens to the Qur'an radio, asks by telephone, writes to the scholar and says, "I ask about such and such and I ask about such and such." And Allah has now facilitated the telephone. The telephone is a blessing from Allah; he asks. Through the telephone, he asks by way of correspondence, he instructs a trustworthy person to say, "Ask so-and-so about what is difficult for him regarding such and such." And the blessing is that you instruct or you ask by telephone or you write. The paths, praise be to Allah, are easy. But the calamity is turning away, heedlessness, and indifference. This is a calamity. We ask Allah for safety. Yes.