Is not acting a waste of time?
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The questioner : As for the play, is it not a waste of time?
The Shaykh : You have spoken well. It is correct. The issue of wasting time or not wasting time is a separate matter. It may not involve wasting time; it may involve preserving time. Have you seen a case where a meeting is long and entirely serious, and a play is brought in during it to address a social problem and liven things up a bit? Then this becomes preserving time. This play alerted and awakened the attendees. But if they had remained in their state of seriousness, you would have found each one’s chin on his chest and his chest on his belly, and so on. Yes.
The Shaykh : You have spoken well. It is correct. The issue of wasting time or not wasting time is a separate matter. It may not involve wasting time; it may involve preserving time. Have you seen a case where a meeting is long and entirely serious, and a play is brought in during it to address a social problem and liven things up a bit? Then this becomes preserving time. This play alerted and awakened the attendees. But if they had remained in their state of seriousness, you would have found each one’s chin on his chest and his chest on his belly, and so on. Yes.