What is your advice for those who are on the verge of graduating from university?
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The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what is your advice for those who are on the verge of graduating from university?
The Shaykh : By Allah, my advice to them is first: that they should thank Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for having brought them to this level.
Second: that they should strive to spread the knowledge that Allah has inspired in them on every occasion.
Third: that they should be a model in morals and in dealing with people, because some students of knowledge today are more rude than the Bedouins; they have no friendliness, no greeting, and no humility. Rather, some people, the more knowledge they gain, the more arrogant they become, may Allah protect us from that. The true scholar is the one who, the more knowledge he gains, the more humble he becomes.
Then, there is no blame on them if they apply for jobs, and it is not said that this is a form of the blameworthy asking, because every person who wants to work to benefit people, if they apply, there is no blame, especially if they intend by it to attain a position through which they can benefit the servants of Allah.
The Shaykh : By Allah, my advice to them is first: that they should thank Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for having brought them to this level.
Second: that they should strive to spread the knowledge that Allah has inspired in them on every occasion.
Third: that they should be a model in morals and in dealing with people, because some students of knowledge today are more rude than the Bedouins; they have no friendliness, no greeting, and no humility. Rather, some people, the more knowledge they gain, the more arrogant they become, may Allah protect us from that. The true scholar is the one who, the more knowledge he gains, the more humble he becomes.
Then, there is no blame on them if they apply for jobs, and it is not said that this is a form of the blameworthy asking, because every person who wants to work to benefit people, if they apply, there is no blame, especially if they intend by it to attain a position through which they can benefit the servants of Allah.