The questioner asks: If the time for congregational prayer conflicts with the time of an exam or its midpoint, what is the ruling? May Allah reward you with good?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and whoever follows them. As for what follows, the questioner asks: If the time for congregational prayer conflicts with the time of an exam or its midpoint, what is the ruling? May Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : The answer is that the fundamental methodology is not based on the Shari'ah, and whatever is built upon a defective foundation is itself defective. This is the case with those who enter such schools where the curricula are established without regard for the rulings of the Shari'ah. It is self-evident that the outcome will consequently also be contrary to the Shari'ah. Therefore, there is a wisdom or a common Shami proverb that says: "He who does not want to have distressing dreams should not sleep between graves". So, he who wants to adhere to the Shari'ah should not affiliate with an education or methodology that contradicts the Shari'ah. And in that case, if he does affiliate, such a question does not arise, because he is unable, on the one hand, to waste those efforts and those years he spent in ... to present, at this hour of the exam or test, the result of that acquisition. If he does so, he has fallen into an open contradiction of the Shari'ah. And therefore, a person should begin the pursuit of knowledge upon the correct scientific methodology, because whatever is built upon a sound foundation is sound, and whatever is built upon a defective foundation is defective. Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is that the fundamental methodology is not based on the Shari'ah, and whatever is built upon a defective foundation is itself defective. This is the case with those who enter such schools where the curricula are established without regard for the rulings of the Shari'ah. It is self-evident that the outcome will consequently also be contrary to the Shari'ah. Therefore, there is a wisdom or a common Shami proverb that says: "He who does not want to have distressing dreams should not sleep between graves". So, he who wants to adhere to the Shari'ah should not affiliate with an education or methodology that contradicts the Shari'ah. And in that case, if he does affiliate, such a question does not arise, because he is unable, on the one hand, to waste those efforts and those years he spent in ... to present, at this hour of the exam or test, the result of that acquisition. If he does so, he has fallen into an open contradiction of the Shari'ah. And therefore, a person should begin the pursuit of knowledge upon the correct scientific methodology, because whatever is built upon a sound foundation is sound, and whatever is built upon a defective foundation is defective. Yes.