What are the causes of lethargy in acts of worship?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What are the causes of lethargy in acts of worship?
Answer:
The causes of lethargy are many. One of them is obeying the self. If you obey your self, you do nothing, because the self seeks ease. The self seeks ease. But if you accustom it little by little, it becomes accustomed, and if you yield to it, it will destroy you. This is one thing. The second thing is sitting with the lazy and the heedless. If you sit with them, you take on their nature and follow their example. So do not sit with the lazy and the idle. Sit with the righteous, the people of good, and the people of knowledge. The third is being occupied with this world. If you increase your occupation with this world, it will hinder your Hereafter. Maintain balance: work for your world and work for your religion with balance, without letting one side overpower the other. This is the correct path.[Al-'Ankabut 29:17] [Al-Jumu'ah 62:10] meaning through buying and selling. This is the balance, and this is the correct path. As for the one who makes his entire life for seeking this world, his Hereafter is lost. Or the opposite: the one who makes his entire life for the Hereafter, his world and his necessary interests are lost, and he becomes a burden on people. Yes.
The questioner asks: What are the causes of lethargy in acts of worship?
Answer:
The causes of lethargy are many. One of them is obeying the self. If you obey your self, you do nothing, because the self seeks ease. The self seeks ease. But if you accustom it little by little, it becomes accustomed, and if you yield to it, it will destroy you. This is one thing. The second thing is sitting with the lazy and the heedless. If you sit with them, you take on their nature and follow their example. So do not sit with the lazy and the idle. Sit with the righteous, the people of good, and the people of knowledge. The third is being occupied with this world. If you increase your occupation with this world, it will hinder your Hereafter. Maintain balance: work for your world and work for your religion with balance, without letting one side overpower the other. This is the correct path.
So seek from Allah provision and worship Him
فَابْتَغُوا عِندَ اللَّهِ الرِّزْقَ وَاعْبُدُوهُAnd when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah
فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَانتَشِرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَابْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما أسباب الفتور في الطاعات؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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