If a form of worship is established in various ways, is it better to restrict oneself to one way, or to do this one time and that another? And what is the benefit of that?
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The Shaykh : It remains to be said: If a form of worship is established in various ways, is it better that we restrict ourselves to one way, or that we do this one time and that another? The answer is the second: we do this one time and that another, for three benefits:
The first benefit: reviving the Sunnah and completing the following of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The first benefit is reviving the Sunnah.
And the second: completing the following of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
And the third: that it is more conducive to alertness. Be alert that it is more conducive to alertness. Why? Because if you are on one single rhythm, you end up performing this single rhythm automatically, as they say. And for this reason, you find that a person, if he does not keep his mind engaged, reads without knowing, not realizing that he is in the middle of the recitation. But if you are observing the following of the Sunnah in its various types, that necessitates alertness and the presence of the heart. So there are three benefits in that. The first benefit.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : You have done well. The first benefit is complete: reviving the Sunnah.
The student: The second benefit is following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes, complete following of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), because he did this one time and that another. The third, what is it?
The student: Following.
The Shaykh : Following, we mentioned that.
The student: Alertness.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Alertness.
The Shaykh : Alertness, how is that?
The student: If a person gets accustomed to saying something without the presence of the heart.
The Shaykh : He ends up saying it without the presence of the heart, but if he is alert, sometimes he does this and sometimes that, that becomes more conducive to the presence of the heart. Good.
The first benefit: reviving the Sunnah and completing the following of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The first benefit is reviving the Sunnah.
And the second: completing the following of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
And the third: that it is more conducive to alertness. Be alert that it is more conducive to alertness. Why? Because if you are on one single rhythm, you end up performing this single rhythm automatically, as they say. And for this reason, you find that a person, if he does not keep his mind engaged, reads without knowing, not realizing that he is in the middle of the recitation. But if you are observing the following of the Sunnah in its various types, that necessitates alertness and the presence of the heart. So there are three benefits in that. The first benefit.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : You have done well. The first benefit is complete: reviving the Sunnah.
The student: The second benefit is following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Yes, complete following of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), because he did this one time and that another. The third, what is it?
The student: Following.
The Shaykh : Following, we mentioned that.
The student: Alertness.
The Shaykh : What?
The student: Alertness.
The Shaykh : Alertness, how is that?
The student: If a person gets accustomed to saying something without the presence of the heart.
The Shaykh : He ends up saying it without the presence of the heart, but if he is alert, sometimes he does this and sometimes that, that becomes more conducive to the presence of the heart. Good.