The ruling on a student of knowledge remaining to teach the people of his town
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Your Eminence! What is your opinion regarding a student of knowledge who joined a teaching body?
؟The Shaykh: What?The questioner: He joined, for example, a place where he studies,For example: a place where there is a student of knowledge.
The Shaykh: Does he study, or does he teach?The questioner: No, he studies, and he is from a region that needs him, almost to the point of necessity; because he was requested by this same body to be a teacher, as if he were, for example, a teaching assistant at the university or something like that. So what is your opinion, O Shaykh! regarding this?The Shaykh: Does he come to the university, or does he stay in his town?The questioner: His town needs him most urgently! The Shaykh: Very well! If he stays in his town, is he able to continue his university studies?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Very well! I see that he should stay in his town.
The questioner: Is there not, for example, a university department in the town where he is?The Shaykh: No, no, I mean, is it not possible for him to enroll?The questioner: It is possible; but O Shaykh! for example, if he enrolls and prepares for the master's and doctoral degrees, does he have to be at the university or not?The Shaykh: In any case, the university may need him for one year, two years, or three, and then he returns to his town; but as long as the town needs him, his staying in the town is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn); because there must be in the Muslim community those who teach it its religion. So his staying in the town is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn), if we assume that if he left, these common people would be left without a guide. So I see that he should stay and try to continue his studies, even through enrollment. Yes.
؟The Shaykh: What?The questioner: He joined, for example, a place where he studies,For example: a place where there is a student of knowledge.
The Shaykh: Does he study, or does he teach?The questioner: No, he studies, and he is from a region that needs him, almost to the point of necessity; because he was requested by this same body to be a teacher, as if he were, for example, a teaching assistant at the university or something like that. So what is your opinion, O Shaykh! regarding this?The Shaykh: Does he come to the university, or does he stay in his town?The questioner: His town needs him most urgently! The Shaykh: Very well! If he stays in his town, is he able to continue his university studies?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Very well! I see that he should stay in his town.
The questioner: Is there not, for example, a university department in the town where he is?The Shaykh: No, no, I mean, is it not possible for him to enroll?The questioner: It is possible; but O Shaykh! for example, if he enrolls and prepares for the master's and doctoral degrees, does he have to be at the university or not?The Shaykh: In any case, the university may need him for one year, two years, or three, and then he returns to his town; but as long as the town needs him, his staying in the town is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn); because there must be in the Muslim community those who teach it its religion. So his staying in the town is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn), if we assume that if he left, these common people would be left without a guide. So I see that he should stay and try to continue his studies, even through enrollment. Yes.