What is the validity of the saying that the people who are most indifferent to the world are the family of its scholars?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, we have read and seen that the people who are most indifferent to the world are the family of its scholars. So what is the reality of this matter and how is it treated?
The Shaykh : Who said this?
The questioner : We read it, O Shaykh, and it passed by us.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : If the tribe of the scholar is the furthest from other people in receiving from him, taking from him, and exerting effort in understanding.
The Shaykh : What is this, people, is this correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The questioner : Shaykh, in the saying...
The Shaykh : Well...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do I think you are the people most indifferent to what we see?
The questioner : His brothers and his tribe...
The Shaykh : Does it mean that the people of the house are indifferent to the scholar who is with them?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, this rule is not consistent, meaning it may be true that some people of the house say that with much companionship, the etiquette decreases; a person is more polite with a stranger than with his companion, and... is that not so?
And therefore you find that he may be in his house having thrown off the prayer cap, or perhaps having thrown off the robe, or perhaps remaining in the trousers, but among the people, if he goes out, he cannot do so.
So in any case, this matter may be correct in most circumstances, but not always. And I am now mentioning people, the sons of some scholars, may Allah be pleased with them, who honor them more than they honor people, with great honor.
The questioner : It is not honor, O Shaykh, the intention is to benefit from them.
The Shaykh : Even in benefiting and knowledge, I do not like to name anyone now, but we have found from some of the sons of scholars that he became like his father or better, yes. In any case, this rule may be the majority, it is not consistent, yes.
The Shaykh : Who said this?
The questioner : We read it, O Shaykh, and it passed by us.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : If the tribe of the scholar is the furthest from other people in receiving from him, taking from him, and exerting effort in understanding.
The Shaykh : What is this, people, is this correct?
The questioner : Correct.
The questioner : Shaykh, in the saying...
The Shaykh : Well...
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do I think you are the people most indifferent to what we see?
The questioner : His brothers and his tribe...
The Shaykh : Does it mean that the people of the house are indifferent to the scholar who is with them?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, this rule is not consistent, meaning it may be true that some people of the house say that with much companionship, the etiquette decreases; a person is more polite with a stranger than with his companion, and... is that not so?
And therefore you find that he may be in his house having thrown off the prayer cap, or perhaps having thrown off the robe, or perhaps remaining in the trousers, but among the people, if he goes out, he cannot do so.
So in any case, this matter may be correct in most circumstances, but not always. And I am now mentioning people, the sons of some scholars, may Allah be pleased with them, who honor them more than they honor people, with great honor.
The questioner : It is not honor, O Shaykh, the intention is to benefit from them.
The Shaykh : Even in benefiting and knowledge, I do not like to name anyone now, but we have found from some of the sons of scholars that he became like his father or better, yes. In any case, this rule may be the majority, it is not consistent, yes.