Islam is the religion of all times. People are often confused Islam only teaches the next world. After all, when it is the apocalypse everything will occur then every knowledge will be of no use. However, it is a misconception and Islam also shows the right path thanks to the divine book of Allah. You can grasp the benefits of Getting Islamic Education. But what does Islam say about worldly education? Some of my friends say that there’s no need to study because none of your education will be used in the hereafter. May Allah save you and your family. We mean, what you have heard from your friends is what all failures say. Those who are complete failures, those who have no contribution to society, this is what they usually justify their laziness. 

Reasons Why Getting Islamic Education is Beneficial 

Here are some reasons why getting islamic education is beneficial. 

Knowledge and Islam 

Knowledge is divided into two types: ‘ilm al-dīn and other than Islamic knowledge. So, We will not speak about Islamic knowledge. Other than Islamic knowledge is divided into two types as well: halal and Haram. As for Haram knowledge, knowledge of sorcery – this is the knowledge you learn, you implement, but you enter hell because of that. Knowledge of astrology the impact of the stars on our lives and how they can tell the future – is also blasphemous and cursed. Knowledge of what they call beautiful arts: sculpturing, making statues – the most severely punished in hell are those who make and imitate the creation of Allah, those who make sculptures, portraits, they draw, beautiful arts such as music, ballet, dancing, acting – all of this is Haram knowledge, though it’s knowledge you study, you get a BA.

Islam Teaches the Education Beneficial For the Both Worlds 

We have the halal and permissible knowledge, such as medicine, engineering, physics, mathematics, chemistry – all these applied sciences, or others that are similar to that. They’re claiming that such sciences will not benefit you in the hereafter, and this is not entirely correct. On the contrary, these are communal obligations. Even islamic scholars hava good scope in socity. As parents can enroll their childers in islamic classes for kids where they can learn islamic education properly. 

If we have a village or a country where there are all PhD holders, and they’re all professors and doctors in Fiqh, in Sharia, in Hadith, and also all Islamic Sciences, this is utopia, this is extremely fine and great. If they fail to produce one medical doctor, one civil engineer to run their city and check the construction of buildings, one architect, and one mathematician to teach the kids and the students mathematics in the university, at school. If they fail to produce someone to fill this gap in society, the whole village or city or town would be sinful because they failed in this communal obligation. 

Islam Enlightens Code of Hallmarks  

Allah did not tell all of us to become scholars of Islam. Allah says in the Quran, “And it is not for the believers to go forth to battle all at once. For there should separate from every division of them a group remaining to obtain understanding in the religion and warn their people when they return to them that they might be cautious” (Chapter 9, Verse 122). What does this mean? It means that even at times of war, there should remain people of knowledge to learn, to acquire Islamic knowledge, and to warn their people when they come back with things that are halal and Haram and be able to advise them. This is a communal obligation. So, to claim that we don’t need engineers medical doctors police officers or administrators to run the country, this is absurd. And as We said earlier, this is the justification of these lazy people.

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Precision of Professional Expertise 

Islamic context helps you explore worldly knowledge more precisely. For instance, a medical doctor is not prohibited from becoming a scholar of Islam as well. And We know personally a lot of medical doctors, engineers, airline pilots, administrators, lawyers who are knowledgeable in Islam and Islamic Sciences. So, there’s no real segregation, and we don’t have men of the Lord like monks or priests who have nothing to do but possess knowledge of the religion and control the community. No, we don’t have this. They’re all mixed. You can have someone who’s a medical doctor and an imam of a Masjid and who gives fatwas.

You can have someone who’s an industrial engineer who does this and writes books about Islam because he studied Islam, also learned from great scholars of Islam and contributed to the process. So, what they’re saying to you is totally bogus and not entirely true. Rather, Islam teaches how to become an accomplished expert in professional studies and occupation. 

Learning Islamic education holds an importance for the Muslims as well as the non-Muslims. May Allah help you explore Islamic knowledge and open the doors to Hidayah for you.