The exemption from night prayer for one who works and attends lessons
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person works in the morning and attends the lessons of the scholars in the evening, is the night prayer (qiyam al-layl) exempted for him, so that he acts as Abu Hurayrah did?
Answer:
Abu Hurayrah stayed up to memorize the hadith. You stayed up for what? What did you stay up for? No, if you become like Abu Hurayrah, staying up for the pursuit of knowledge, there is no harm. But if you sleep all night and say, “I will be like Abu Hurayrah,” what did you do at night? Or did you stay up following the channels and satellite stations? You did not stay up for good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person works in the morning and attends the lessons of the scholars in the evening, is the night prayer (qiyam al-layl) exempted for him, so that he acts as Abu Hurayrah did?
Answer:
Abu Hurayrah stayed up to memorize the hadith. You stayed up for what? What did you stay up for? No, if you become like Abu Hurayrah, staying up for the pursuit of knowledge, there is no harm. But if you sleep all night and say, “I will be like Abu Hurayrah,” what did you do at night? Or did you stay up following the channels and satellite stations? You did not stay up for good. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في قيام الليل — islamhouse.com (43:01)
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