Is it obligatory to give priority to the one who recites best in the row absolutely, or only in certain cases?
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The Shaykh : So, giving priority to the one who recites best, even in the row, is conditional, not absolute. So, what people are doing today is one thing, and the hadith mentioned earlier is another. So, [Al-Hashr 59:9] has no relation to acts of worship; rather, it is in the customary matters that the soul clings to by habit, from the perspective of: [An-Nisa 4:128]. Here comes the praise: . As for you being negligent in your worship, giving it up and yielding it to another, no, it has no relation to the praiseworthy preference.
The questioner : By the way, Shaykh, if you would be so kind: how can we distinguish between knowing a custom and an act of worship?
The Shaykh : This is number four.
The questioner : Is it necessary, then?
The Shaykh : This is number four.
The questioner : Four, yes.
The Shaykh : So, we have four issues.
The questioner : Four issues.
The Shaykh: All right.
but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation
وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌAnd present in [human] souls is stinginess
وَأُحْضِرَتِ الْأَنْفُسُ الشُّحَّAnd they prefer others over themselves
وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْThe questioner : By the way, Shaykh, if you would be so kind: how can we distinguish between knowing a custom and an act of worship?
The Shaykh : This is number four.
The questioner : Is it necessary, then?
The Shaykh : This is number four.
The questioner : Four, yes.
The Shaykh : So, we have four issues.
The questioner : Four issues.
The Shaykh: All right.
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