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Nitro Zeus
That's great idea! I will tell my parents about that. Yes, but also a scholar can be very dangerous because on the Day of Judgment, Allah will ask a scholar what he has done with the knowledge He gave to him and if he lies by telling to convey the message to do good, then he wil be punished, so I don't think I want to become a scholar, its very risky for me. If I have the knowledge of a scholar, I would use it for my own benefits and to try to convince my mom and my other half of my family to convert to Islam willingly, that's it. Would kind of intention acceptable in Islam? Or it is a bad intention I have?
You are looking at one side of the picture. Yes it is very dangerous when scholars issue fatwas to please people. Of course such scholars will be first one to be thrown in the hell fire.
On the other side, if someone does not care what people will think of his opinion on a particular matter and will always use Quran and Hadith to support his opinion then such a scholar has a very big reward. If his opinion is right then he will get double the reward and even if his opinion is wrong he will still get the reward for using Quran and hadith to come up with his opinion. All creations in the world including all creations in the ocean pray for such a scholar all day long. Its lot of sadqa jariya.
But for now, just focus on getting your Islamic education first. Spend 5-10 years in Medina. Once you have acquired knowledge, you will definitely be a different person and would like to share what you learned purely to please Allah. May Allah help you to understand Islam and make you a source to spread the message of Islam.
Think about how you are going to discuss this with your parents. Don't shock them by brining this topic all of a sudden. Your father is Muslim so may be talk to him first when he is in a good mood and make sure its just between you and your dad. Tell him that you want to learn more about Islam and you don't want to rely on internet but would rather like to learn about Islam directly from scholars. Ask if he would support you if you would like to go to Medina or Egypt for education in Islamic studies? He may not expect this from you so expect that he may be upset. Tell him to take his time and think about it. Talk to him again after few days and once you have the support of your father then you can discuss with him how to discuss this with your mom and rest of the family. May Allah make it easy for you. I know for a fact that it will be hard and challenging to convince your parents for this. Pray to Allah that he makes this easy for you without disobeying your parents.