Advice for one who deliberately delays the prayer
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: What is your advice for a person who has become one who deliberately delays the prayer, on the pretext that if he is in the first row, they will put him forward to lead the prayer, and he is not proficient in it and does not become humble in it, and he may make mistakes and stammer? So he has become one who delays until he hears the iqamah so that he can avoid the embarrassment?
The Shaykh:
He should be patient and be in the first row at the beginning of the time. If they tell him to pray, he refuses and says, “No, they are not forcing him or compelling him. If he refuses, they will look for someone else.”
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
He neglects the virtues out of fear that they will put him forward. He says, “No, if he says no, they are not compelling him.” Yes.
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: What is your advice for a person who has become one who deliberately delays the prayer, on the pretext that if he is in the first row, they will put him forward to lead the prayer, and he is not proficient in it and does not become humble in it, and he may make mistakes and stammer? So he has become one who delays until he hears the iqamah so that he can avoid the embarrassment?
The Shaykh:
He should be patient and be in the first row at the beginning of the time. If they tell him to pray, he refuses and says, “No, they are not forcing him or compelling him. If he refuses, they will look for someone else.”
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
He neglects the virtues out of fear that they will put him forward. He says, “No, if he says no, they are not compelling him.” Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [709- 4717] شخص يتأخر عن الصلاة والصف الأول بسبب طلب الناس منه أن يصلي بهم وهو لا يحسن الإمامة — youtube.com
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