The Ruling on Learning Worldly Sciences
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Question:
Do worldly sciences, Honorable Shaykh, fall under the category of religious sciences and count as knowledge?
Answer:
It is knowledge, but it is not religious knowledge; rather, it is worldly knowledge, a craft among crafts. It is permissible for a person to learn matters of this world, matters of earning, and matters of crafts and trades. This is permissible after he has learned the necessary matters of his religion that keep his religion sound. Yes.
Do worldly sciences, Honorable Shaykh, fall under the category of religious sciences and count as knowledge?
Answer:
It is knowledge, but it is not religious knowledge; rather, it is worldly knowledge, a craft among crafts. It is permissible for a person to learn matters of this world, matters of earning, and matters of crafts and trades. This is permissible after he has learned the necessary matters of his religion that keep his religion sound. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/081 — archive.org (4:48)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.