Question
In former times, during the period of Imaam Ghazali (Rahmatullah alayh), scholars such as Imaam Ghazali himself, as well as others the likes of Ibn Rushd and so forth, were well versed not only in Islamic studies, but understood concepts found in medicine, mathematics and so forth. Our Akabireen have, however, expressed their dislike at the idea of introducing "secular education" within the Darse-Nizami system. My question is, however, forgetting things such as accounting or history- and keeping it strictly on subjects such as mathematics, biology, etc. - - what harm would this cause to educate the youth? For Meerath (inheritance)one needs to know maths.
Answer
Our Akaabir were never averse to valid and necessary mundane/worldly education. How could they ever have been averse to valid, beneficial worldly education when they were fully aware that Allah Ta‟ala sent Jibraeel (Alayhis salaam) to teach Nabi Dawood (Alayhis salaam) the technology of making armour? Nabi Idrees (Alayhis salaam) was a tailor, and some other Ambiya (Alayhimus salaam) also had worldly professions.
Our Akaabir never criticized making wagons, farm implements, cutlery, crockery, building material and the myriad of other things so necessary for worldly life. They did not criticize the manufacture of swords, bows, arrows, shields, armour and other implements of Jihad which are reliant on secular/worldly knowledge.
Our Akaabir severely condemned western immoral, kufr education, so do we today. The consequence of western kufr, immoral secular education is the elimination of Imaan or the severe scathing and adulterating of Imaan and the ruin of moral character.
Our Akaabir do not say that making military equipment which requires advanced technology to be haraam. This is a misconception. But pursuing such mundane education at institutions which erode and even eliminate Imaan is never permissible, and this is what the Ulama of all times have prohibited.
Dars-e-Nizaami is a syllabus consisting of Kutub of the Deen. It is not a secular syllabus. This syllabus may not be diluted and corrupted with secular subjects. It will surely be incongruent to even suggest that Dars-e-Nizaami should be introduced in the medical syllabus taught at universities. A person who pursues a worldly branch of studies is not in need of Dars-e- Nizaami. In fact, it will be an onerous imposition on him. Similarly, a person whose objective is the Aakhirat and who desires to devote himself to the Ilm of the Deen may not be compelled to become an engineer. Secular subjects may not be imposed on him.
Those pursuing Darse Nizaami should be only a few who are of such lofty moral character who are prepared to devote (make Waqf) their lives for the Deen and Aakhirat and who are prepared to withstand the rigours of poverty and the hardship ensuing in the wake of poverty. They must be such Ulama who will have no mercenary/ monetary objectives.
Among the disasters which have befallen the Ummah is the mass churning out of molvis. Nowadays fellows of rotten moral character pursue a corrupted form of Darse Nizaami without understanding and without imbuing the attributes which develop from this Study.
If our Akaabir were opposed to arithmetic, how did they calculate Meeraath issues? No one opposes mathematics, biology and technology in general. We oppose western educational institutions which we describe as educational brothels.
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rightly guided than the one his moron clique of molvis are For the interfaith Munaafiqeen who walks upright on Si- walking upside down on their masquerading as Muslims, the raatul Mustaqeem?‖ faces licking the boots of their Qur‟aan Majeed says:
Yahood and Nasaara paymas- ―What! Is the one who walks
(Al-Mulk, Aayat 22)
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