The Expiation of the Gathering in a Gathering of Knowledge
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it prescribed to say the expiation of the gathering, even if a person is in a gathering of knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, it is general. Because if it is a gathering of knowledge and good, it serves as a seal upon it, like a seal placed upon it, meaning it is sealed, and nothing of it is lost. And if it is a gathering of idle talk and play, then it is an expiation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it prescribed to say the expiation of the gathering, even if a person is in a gathering of knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, it is general. Because if it is a gathering of knowledge and good, it serves as a seal upon it, like a seal placed upon it, meaning it is sealed, and nothing of it is lost. And if it is a gathering of idle talk and play, then it is an expiation. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم جرى الأمر على السداد والاستقامة والأمة واحدة والدين واحد والمعبود واحد — islamhouse.com (1:00:13)
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