The Ruling on Learning Sacred Knowledge for the Sake of a Job
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Question:
Salih, the listener al-Zahrani says: What is the ruling on learning sacred knowledge for the sake of a job, or for the sake of teaching people, such as being a teacher, for example?
Answer:
This is not permissible. One must not seek sacred knowledge for the sake of a job or for the sake of coveting worldly life. Rather, one learns beneficial knowledge for the sake of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to benefit oneself and to benefit one’s Muslim brothers with it. As for learning it for the sake of a job or for the sake of obtaining a financial rank, this is not permissible. This is among the seeking of worldly life by a person through his deeds; doing good deeds for the sake of the world. Yes.
Salih, the listener al-Zahrani says: What is the ruling on learning sacred knowledge for the sake of a job, or for the sake of teaching people, such as being a teacher, for example?
Answer:
This is not permissible. One must not seek sacred knowledge for the sake of a job or for the sake of coveting worldly life. Rather, one learns beneficial knowledge for the sake of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to benefit oneself and to benefit one’s Muslim brothers with it. As for learning it for the sake of a job or for the sake of obtaining a financial rank, this is not permissible. This is among the seeking of worldly life by a person through his deeds; doing good deeds for the sake of the world. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7497 — youtube.com (9:49)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.