The Ruling on Seeking Knowledge
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Question:
Seeking knowledge, in the case of a person who does so to obtain academic degrees or the like, what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding seeking knowledge?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the Muslim to learn the knowledge by which his religion is rectified, and if he acquires more, that is an increase in good. Let not the discouragers discourage him, those who say, "You are learning for the sake of this world, you are you." Rather, he should persist in seeking beneficial knowledge, and, if Allah wills, he will benefit from it and benefit others with it. He should not pay attention to the discouragers and those with ill intentions. Yes.
Seeking knowledge, in the case of a person who does so to obtain academic degrees or the like, what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding seeking knowledge?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the Muslim to learn the knowledge by which his religion is rectified, and if he acquires more, that is an increase in good. Let not the discouragers discourage him, those who say, "You are learning for the sake of this world, you are you." Rather, he should persist in seeking beneficial knowledge, and, if Allah wills, he will benefit from it and benefit others with it. He should not pay attention to the discouragers and those with ill intentions. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/069 — archive.org (14:26)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.