If one learns worldly sciences in order to earn money and keep oneself from people and asking them, is he rewarded?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If one learns worldly sciences such as medicine and engineering, and others, in order to earn money from them and keep himself from people and asking them, is that considered an act of worship for which he is rewarded?
Answer:
Yes. If one learns a trade or craft in order to make himself independent of people, he is rewarded for that, just as the one who seeks a livelihood so that he does not need people—selling and buying, or hiring himself out in order to be independent of people—is rewarded for that. He is rewarded for this, and he is rewarded for that. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If one learns worldly sciences such as medicine and engineering, and others, in order to earn money from them and keep himself from people and asking them, is that considered an act of worship for which he is rewarded?
Answer:
Yes. If one learns a trade or craft in order to make himself independent of people, he is rewarded for that, just as the one who seeks a livelihood so that he does not need people—selling and buying, or hiring himself out in order to be independent of people—is rewarded for that. He is rewarded for this, and he is rewarded for that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [659 -954] من تعلم العلوم الدنيوية من أجل أن يكسب المال، ويعف نفسه عن الناس وسؤالهم، هل يؤجر؟ — youtube.com
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