Excessive Talk and Joking During Working Hours and the Schemes of Satan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some of my colleagues talk a lot during working hours, engaging in conversation that has no benefit and a lot of joking. He asks: Is this one of the schemes of Satan? He says: Some of my colleagues talk a lot during working hours, engaging in conversation that has no benefit and a lot of joking. Is this one of the schemes of Satan that we studied in today’s lesson? And what is your advice regarding the outcome of this?
Answer:
Without a doubt, excessive talking, excessive joking, and excessive laughter are things that cause the heart to be heedless, harden the heart, and make it heedless of the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So you should advise him to leave this and stick to the correct path, speaking good and beneficial words.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some of my colleagues talk a lot during working hours, engaging in conversation that has no benefit and a lot of joking. He asks: Is this one of the schemes of Satan? He says: Some of my colleagues talk a lot during working hours, engaging in conversation that has no benefit and a lot of joking. Is this one of the schemes of Satan that we studied in today’s lesson? And what is your advice regarding the outcome of this?
Answer:
Without a doubt, excessive talking, excessive joking, and excessive laughter are things that cause the heart to be heedless, harden the heart, and make it heedless of the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So you should advise him to leave this and stick to the correct path, speaking good and beneficial words.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (54:51)
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