If a person has religious knowledge and is studying in high school, and he is asked to teach or deliver a speech in the mosque, but he excuses himself and says that it is sufficient that he is studying religious knowledge
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The questioner : If a person has religious knowledge and is a graduate of one of the Islamic colleges, and he teaches in the secondary school, and for example the mosque congregation or the students of knowledge ask him to deliver a speech or a lecture in the mosque or on an occasion, but he refuses and insists on not participating in any lesson in the mosque or in a hall or elsewhere, is he held accountable for that? He excuses himself and says: It is sufficient that I teach the Islamic subjects in the secondary school?
The Shaykh : What a person should do, if Allah has given him knowledge, is to strive to disseminate the knowledge that Allah has given him by every means.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : Especially if it is religious knowledge by which Allah guides, through his hands, whomever He wills of His servants. And it is well known that if a person is asked about knowledge, it is obligatory for him to answer, unless he fears harm to himself, because Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:187] So it is obligatory for this brother, the imam, if he is asked about knowledge, to clarify it. And it is better if he is asked to deliver a lesson in the mosque that he responds to that, because of the good and benefit in it for him and for the people of the village.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. We conclude this meeting, O honorable Shaykh, with a question from a female listener from Baghdad. Do you say, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : What a person should do, if Allah has given him knowledge, is to strive to disseminate the knowledge that Allah has given him by every means.
The questioner : Very well.
The Shaykh : Especially if it is religious knowledge by which Allah guides, through his hands, whomever He wills of His servants. And it is well known that if a person is asked about knowledge, it is obligatory for him to answer, unless he fears harm to himself, because Allah the Exalted said:
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلا تَكْتُمُونَهُ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَThe questioner : May Allah bless you. We conclude this meeting, O honorable Shaykh, with a question from a female listener from Baghdad. Do you say, O honorable Shaykh?