Studying the Islamic sciences in Islamic colleges for the sake of Allah and for the sake of a job: Is this shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say that one enters Islamic colleges and studies the Islamic sciences for the sake of Allah and for the sake of a job. Is this shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

Answer:
It does not fall under the saying of Allah the Exalted: The one who seeks the world through the deeds of the Hereafter falls under this verse. A person must make his intention (niyyah) sincere for Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Seeking knowledge is worship; he does not seek it for the world, but only for the Face of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. And if he performs the ablution (wudu'), that is incidental; it is not the intended goal, it is incidental.