What is better for the believer: seclusion or mixing with people
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is better for the believer in this time, is it seclusion, or mixing with people?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. The one whose mixing with people results in supporting the Sunnah by forbidding what is wrong, admonishing, and reminding, it is obligatory for him to mix with them. As for the one who is not able to do that, seclusion is obligatory for him; he must withdraw. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is better for the believer in this time, is it seclusion, or mixing with people?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. The one whose mixing with people results in supporting the Sunnah by forbidding what is wrong, admonishing, and reminding, it is obligatory for him to mix with them. As for the one who is not able to do that, seclusion is obligatory for him; he must withdraw. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب العضل — islamhouse.com (1:04:15)
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