Naṣāʾiḥ of Ibn Muneer - 0005 Q: Fulan, Famagusta TRNC, As Salaamu Alaikum Mufti. Can neglecting to study to understand Arabic(but being able to read it) be considered a sin? A: Wa-ʿalaykumu s-salāmu wa-raḥmatu llāhi wa-barakātuhu…If you’re a normal 9-5 Muslim, upon which there is no great responsibility, then it’s not necessarily a sin. Because a person only gets a sin for something which is mandatory, something that is obligatory and they abandon that act. They abandon an obligatory and mandatory practice. If it is a virtue, a recommended act upon you, there’s no sin. As far as if you’re someone who’s to lead, to guide, to teach, people come to you for information, you have the ability, and the skill, and the talent, or the talent and the skill, and you refuse to get it, and do that which is necessary, then it could be a sin upon you. It’s like a police officer, or security guard, and he fails to go to the gym, he fails to work out, he fails to go to the shooting r...