Is there any guidance for students of knowledge regarding their haste to attend the lesson while leaving off the rawatib of Maghrib?
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The questioner : He says: O honorable Shaykh, I saw today that some of my brother students gathered around the circle before they performed the rawatib of Maghrib. Is there any guidance for those who are not travelers, especially since they are role models?
The Shaykh : Yes, most of those who gathered before praying the Sunnah of Maghrib are travelers who came to this town only for the duration of the break. It is not the Sunnah for a traveler to pray the rawatib of Maghrib. As for those who came forward who are not travelers, perhaps they said: "If we get closer to the teacher or the Shaykh, it will be more present in our hearts, and seeking knowledge is better than the rawatib." Because if there is a conflict between praying the rawatib and seeking knowledge, we say that seeking knowledge is better. However, we do not agree with them on this. And if they make this excuse, it is a weak excuse. So we say: Pray the rawatib. We are now in this time, close to the teacher or the Shaykh, and far away, the loudspeaker is present. You can hear it while you are at the farthest part of the mosque just as the one who is at the teacher's knee hears it. Perhaps the negligence is from me, where I did not announce via the loudspeaker that the meeting would be after the Sunnah of Maghrib, because I announced it by saying it without the medium of the loudspeaker. And perhaps some of the brothers did not hear. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, most of those who gathered before praying the Sunnah of Maghrib are travelers who came to this town only for the duration of the break. It is not the Sunnah for a traveler to pray the rawatib of Maghrib. As for those who came forward who are not travelers, perhaps they said: "If we get closer to the teacher or the Shaykh, it will be more present in our hearts, and seeking knowledge is better than the rawatib." Because if there is a conflict between praying the rawatib and seeking knowledge, we say that seeking knowledge is better. However, we do not agree with them on this. And if they make this excuse, it is a weak excuse. So we say: Pray the rawatib. We are now in this time, close to the teacher or the Shaykh, and far away, the loudspeaker is present. You can hear it while you are at the farthest part of the mosque just as the one who is at the teacher's knee hears it. Perhaps the negligence is from me, where I did not announce via the loudspeaker that the meeting would be after the Sunnah of Maghrib, because I announced it by saying it without the medium of the loudspeaker. And perhaps some of the brothers did not hear. Yes.