Do any members regret going to University? Share your views.
I was looking at myself talking to myself and I realized this conversation...I was having with myself looking at myself was a conversation with myself that I needed to have with myself.
I don't think you can always apply what you have learnt. For example, I have been reading about US financing of Nazi Germany and Bolshevik revolution. This knowledge is extremely beneficial to me because I see world politics differently from other people. How would I apply this?
If it clears your heart, or eyes in this case, that's applying it I suppose.
Those who believe and obscure not their belief by wrongdoing, theirs is safety; and they are rightly guided. (6:86)
Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve. (10:62)
Here's an article which seems to touch on some of the points mentioned in this thread. I think the comments made in response to it, at the bottom, may also be useful to read:
This aim it seems, works to allow the student’s Ilm (knowledge) tobenefit him. There is a Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alihi Wa Sallam) in which Zaid ibn Alqam reported that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alihi Wa Sallam) used to supplicate: ‘I seek refuge in You [Allah] from […] the knowledge which does not benefit…’ (Muslim)
There is also another du'aa we make after waking up/in the morning:
Allahumma inni as'aluka 'Ilman naafi'an (Allahumma I ask you beneficial knowledge), wa rizqan tayyiban, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan
Source: Fortress of the Muslim Invocations from the Quran & Sunnah
If we'd follow this, it would certainly save us a lot of time.
Dixon states that ‘the decision to pursue a higher education course is not one that should be taken lightly’[7] and this is indeed true. A person needs to reflect deeply on their reasons for going to, returning to or sending their offspring to University, making sure it is not simply money-orientated.
If we do it for the sake of Allah, it would be worship, and we'd be rewarded for it.
Those who believe and obscure not their belief by wrongdoing, theirs is safety; and they are rightly guided. (6:86)
Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve. (10:62)
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