Is it permissible to travel to another country to seek knowledge when one’s own country has a need for teaching?
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I am a student who is getting married this year, and I intend to travel to another country to seek knowledge. I know that the people of my country are in urgent need of teaching due to the scarcity of knowledge and scholars among us. So what do you advise me?
Answer:
We advise you to travel to seek knowledge and to provision yourself with knowledge. So if you gain understanding in the religion of Allah and learn, you return to your country and spread the knowledge there. So provision yourself with knowledge first, and gain understanding first, and then after that, return to your country and to your people, call to Allah, and spread the knowledge that you have carried. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I am a student who is getting married this year, and I intend to travel to another country to seek knowledge. I know that the people of my country are in urgent need of teaching due to the scarcity of knowledge and scholars among us. So what do you advise me?
Answer:
We advise you to travel to seek knowledge and to provision yourself with knowledge. So if you gain understanding in the religion of Allah and learn, you return to your country and spread the knowledge there. So provision yourself with knowledge first, and gain understanding first, and then after that, return to your country and to your people, call to Allah, and spread the knowledge that you have carried. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز السفر لطلب العلم في بلد آخر مع حاجة بلده إلى التعليم؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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