What is your advice to people regarding their outings to the open countryside, even during the spring break that coincides with the month of Ramadan, and what do you advise regarding the distribution of tapes and booklets?
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The questioner : He says: Your Eminence, as you are aware, the spring break this year will fall during the blessed month of Ramadan. This will lead to people going out to the open countryside and setting up tents there, and whatever happens there will happen. So what do you advise regarding the distribution of tapes and booklets, and what is your advice to people in general? Is it permissible to go out to the open countryside when the spring break comes, even if it is in Ramadan?
The Shaykh : All right, the reality is that the matter is as he said.The questioner : The spring break this year will coincide with Ramadan. But is it better for me to go out to the open countryside for a picnic and waste time, where perhaps there will be talk and idle chatter that is not befitting this blessed month, or is it better for me to stay in my town, worship Allah, and take advantage of this opportunity? Without a doubt, the second option is better; the second option is better. However, the first option is permissible, provided one performs what is obligatory and avoids what is forbidden. In this case, our brothers who call people to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) should select some short messages, or the leaflets they call folded pamphlets, or tapes that call to noble morals and good deeds, so that they can distribute them to these people. Perhaps Allah will open their hearts. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward Your Eminence with the best reward and benefit us with his knowledge, and may He reward us for him, first and last. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad.
The Shaykh : All right, the reality is that the matter is as he said.The questioner : The spring break this year will coincide with Ramadan. But is it better for me to go out to the open countryside for a picnic and waste time, where perhaps there will be talk and idle chatter that is not befitting this blessed month, or is it better for me to stay in my town, worship Allah, and take advantage of this opportunity? Without a doubt, the second option is better; the second option is better. However, the first option is permissible, provided one performs what is obligatory and avoids what is forbidden. In this case, our brothers who call people to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) should select some short messages, or the leaflets they call folded pamphlets, or tapes that call to noble morals and good deeds, so that they can distribute them to these people. Perhaps Allah will open their hearts. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward Your Eminence with the best reward and benefit us with his knowledge, and may He reward us for him, first and last. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad.