Is prayer better or recitation?
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The questioner : Is prayer better or recitation?
The Shaykh : Is prayer better or recitation? Is prayer better? I mean, if a person says, "I am sitting and waiting for the prayer," is it better for him to pray...? We say: It is better for him to pray, especially if the prayer is a rawatib (regular voluntary prayer). But if it is a purely voluntary prayer, then the person should look at what is best for his heart and most conducive to humility. Sometimes a person is ready to recite and his heart becomes humble during recitation, but when he enters the prayer, his heart wanders to the right and left and he does not feel humility. In that case, we say recitation is better. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it specific to the hadithSunan Ibn Majah 3547Sahih (Darussalam)?
The Shaykh : No, no, no, it is not specific. The scholars said so.
The Shaykh : Is prayer better or recitation? Is prayer better? I mean, if a person says, "I am sitting and waiting for the prayer," is it better for him to pray...? We say: It is better for him to pray, especially if the prayer is a rawatib (regular voluntary prayer). But if it is a purely voluntary prayer, then the person should look at what is best for his heart and most conducive to humility. Sometimes a person is ready to recite and his heart becomes humble during recitation, but when he enters the prayer, his heart wanders to the right and left and he does not feel humility. In that case, we say recitation is better. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it specific to the hadith
It was narrated from Khawlah bint Hakim
لو أن أحدكم إذا جاء أهلهThe Shaykh : No, no, no, it is not specific. The scholars said so.