I am a student of knowledge at the university, and my family is asking me to leave my studies and work in the city where they live.
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The questioner : He says: "My esteemed Shaykh, I am a student of knowledge at the university, and my family is asking me to leave my studies and work in the city where they live. However, if I work in this town or any other, I fear that my heart will become hard, even though I have tried that before university. Is my studying at the university in this situation considered undutifulness to my parents?"
The Shaykh : This is not undutifulness to the parents, if your being away from your family and your homeland increases your knowledge and strengthens your faith, then you should do it. This is not undutifulness to the parents. You can visit your parents once or twice a month, as is feasible for you. You can also contact them in the morning and evening by what? By telephone, by telephone. Yes, if it were the case that the parents were in dire necessity for you, then we would say: you must meet their dire necessity. But if the matter is going well, and they simply love for you to be with them, and you see that your presence in the town where they are affects you, then, praise be to Allah, stay in the town where your knowledge and faith increase. And you can be dutiful to your parents in many ways. Yes.
The Shaykh : This is not undutifulness to the parents, if your being away from your family and your homeland increases your knowledge and strengthens your faith, then you should do it. This is not undutifulness to the parents. You can visit your parents once or twice a month, as is feasible for you. You can also contact them in the morning and evening by what? By telephone, by telephone. Yes, if it were the case that the parents were in dire necessity for you, then we would say: you must meet their dire necessity. But if the matter is going well, and they simply love for you to be with them, and you see that your presence in the town where they are affects you, then, praise be to Allah, stay in the town where your knowledge and faith increase. And you can be dutiful to your parents in many ways. Yes.