Advice for students of knowledge who are late in hastening to the prayers
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is there any advice for the young men among the students of knowledge who are late in attending and hastening to the obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh:
Do they?
The questioner:
He says: Is there any advice for the young men among the students of knowledge who are late in hastening to the obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. Students of knowledge are more deserving of being the first to act, because they are role models and because this brings them a greater reward. A student of knowledge who seeks reward, and part of acting upon knowledge is that the student of knowledge is the first to arrive at the mosque, because he is a role model and because he knows the virtue of hastening to the mosque, so he does not accustom himself to being late, and he does not become a bad role model. By this, the lazy people among the people say, "This is so-and-so, a Shaykh or a student of knowledge, and he does not come except late." And the caller to Islam ends up calling to evil and laziness, becoming a bad role model.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: Is there any advice for the young men among the students of knowledge who are late in attending and hastening to the obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh:
Do they?
The questioner:
He says: Is there any advice for the young men among the students of knowledge who are late in hastening to the obligatory prayers?
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed. Students of knowledge are more deserving of being the first to act, because they are role models and because this brings them a greater reward. A student of knowledge who seeks reward, and part of acting upon knowledge is that the student of knowledge is the first to arrive at the mosque, because he is a role model and because he knows the virtue of hastening to the mosque, so he does not accustom himself to being late, and he does not become a bad role model. By this, the lazy people among the people say, "This is so-and-so, a Shaykh or a student of knowledge, and he does not come except late." And the caller to Islam ends up calling to evil and laziness, becoming a bad role model.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما تسميته بالسمود — islamhouse.com (50:19)
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