I am a teacher and I want to leave teaching to devote myself to worshipping Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Is there any error in my work, and if there is no error, what is the ruling if my parents do not approve of it?
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The questioner : This is a woman who sent this question to the program. She says, “May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. I am a teacher and I want to leave teaching to devote myself to worshipping Allah (Mighty and Majestic). She asks, ‘Is there any error in my work, and if there is no error, what is the ruling if my parents do not approve of it?’ May Allah reward you with good.”
The Shaykh : I see that she should remain in teaching, because teaching is the dissemination of knowledge and a form of worship that benefits others, unlike private worship. Unless she has children and a husband and is occupied with them, and if she goes to teach, she neglects Allah’s rights regarding them, or she forces her husband to bring in a servant, then in that case we say it is better for her to stay in her home. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : I see that she should remain in teaching, because teaching is the dissemination of knowledge and a form of worship that benefits others, unlike private worship. Unless she has children and a husband and is occupied with them, and if she goes to teach, she neglects Allah’s rights regarding them, or she forces her husband to bring in a servant, then in that case we say it is better for her to stay in her home. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.