What do you advise one who is unable to seek knowledge in the midst of these trials?
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The questioner : Yes, and as for the one who is unable, for example, to seek knowledge, what do you advise him in these painful circumstances?
The Shaykh : How do you mean he is unable?
The questioner : For example, he is an ordinary person, a lover of knowledge, but busy with his profession and earning his livelihood.
The Shaykh : We advise him with the wisdom of Mu'adh ibn Jabal: "Be a scholar, or a student, or a listener, and do not be the fourth, lest you perish." He must be one of these three.
The questioner : These three.
The Shaykh : Yes, and it is not permissible for him to be occupied with earning his daily sustenance to the extent that he neglects seeking the individual obligation of knowledge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory upon him.
The questioner : It is obligatory upon him. And regarding the sisters there, we heard that some of them, as mentioned earlier, went out for da'wah, going out and so on. What do you advise now? For example, should they participate in elections in the future, or yes?
The Shaykh : The answer to this is:
The questioner : It is found in the questions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The student : Glory be to Allah, you find that our ideas are aligned on this research. I mean, glory be to Allah, he has foundations and rules... I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : I mean, without seeing us, we are far away, the thing that comes from you is as if we are... I told them, look...
The Shaykh : This is the unity of the methodology.
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh : And its effects are unified.
The student : The fruit comes, wherever it may be.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : They meet with each other.
Another student: That is from the favor of Allah. Praise be to Allah. Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I testify that there is no deity but You.
The Shaykh : Wash up, please.
The Shaykh : How do you mean he is unable?
The questioner : For example, he is an ordinary person, a lover of knowledge, but busy with his profession and earning his livelihood.
The Shaykh : We advise him with the wisdom of Mu'adh ibn Jabal: "Be a scholar, or a student, or a listener, and do not be the fourth, lest you perish." He must be one of these three.
The questioner : These three.
The Shaykh : Yes, and it is not permissible for him to be occupied with earning his daily sustenance to the extent that he neglects seeking the individual obligation of knowledge.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory upon him.
The questioner : It is obligatory upon him. And regarding the sisters there, we heard that some of them, as mentioned earlier, went out for da'wah, going out and so on. What do you advise now? For example, should they participate in elections in the future, or yes?
The Shaykh : The answer to this is:
The questioner : It is found in the questions.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The student : Glory be to Allah, you find that our ideas are aligned on this research. I mean, glory be to Allah, he has foundations and rules... I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : I mean, without seeing us, we are far away, the thing that comes from you is as if we are... I told them, look...
The Shaykh : This is the unity of the methodology.
The student : Yes.
The Shaykh : And its effects are unified.
The student : The fruit comes, wherever it may be.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : They meet with each other.
Another student: That is from the favor of Allah. Praise be to Allah. Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I testify that there is no deity but You.
The Shaykh : Wash up, please.
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