Guidance for those who are overcome with drowsiness in gatherings of dhikr
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Question:
Your Eminence! What is your opinion regarding those who experience frequent drowsiness and sleep when gatherings of dhikr are held?
Answer:
He must strive, hold himself accountable, and seek out the causes of his wakefulness and alertness, even if it is by using something like cloves, or something else, or a miswak. He should utilize the means, striving in the means that help him remain alert and awake, and to hear the benefit. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence. They say that sleep and drowsiness are contagious. What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : I have not heard of this, and nothing has reached me regarding this. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Your Eminence! What is your opinion regarding those who experience frequent drowsiness and sleep when gatherings of dhikr are held?
Answer:
He must strive, hold himself accountable, and seek out the causes of his wakefulness and alertness, even if it is by using something like cloves, or something else, or a miswak. He should utilize the means, striving in the means that help him remain alert and awake, and to hear the benefit. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence. They say that sleep and drowsiness are contagious. What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : I have not heard of this, and nothing has reached me regarding this. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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