Is prioritizing specialization in worldly sciences over religious ones considered an absorption in this world?

Question:
Benefits of the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. So, among those who imitate the disbelievers, we see some Muslims who are concerned with turning toward this world. They wish, for example, that their son or one of their young sons would be among the worldly people who are skilled in it, and that he would make, or seek, a craft, seeking a craft being better than being among the great people of hadith, or tafsir, or fiqh. He sees that as more beneficial. Is he similar to this?

Answer:
Yes, it is the same thing. If he becomes absorbed in this world and sees that he should specialize in worldly matters and forget his share of the Hereafter, then he is the one who is ruined; he is the one who is ruined and blamed. Rather, he should take what he needs and what the Muslims need from worldly matters, and there is no harm in that. Or, a group of specialists should turn to the religious sciences: the sciences of hadith, the sciences of tafsir, the sciences of fiqh, the sciences of language, and the sciences of grammar. And another group should turn to learning a craft or becoming skilled in it, but only after they have taken their share of the religious sciences, to the extent that their religion is upright. So, even if they specialize in technical matters, they should have a measure of religious knowledge with them, such that they preserve their religion and their creed while practicing these things.