fevzy

SubhanAllah, the polls must have really change because within 2 hours after you posted this - the poll looks like this (unless I am getting the wrong poll):

Muhammad Alshareef

Good reflections.
Do you have experience in statistic measurement?

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fevzy

Yes, but nothing advanced.

UmmSakinah

24 years.

One of my chosen vocation in elementary school believe it or not was "housewife". The others were doctor, lawyer, but those were more because I wasn't aware of what else was out there. My father is a doctor so it's automatic that I grew up wanting to be a doctor. My father did tell me the harrowing life as a doctor though especially for a woman. he said I will probably be on call, and for me to think about it when I have a family. Turns out I am squeamish around blood, and mu resuilts in high school weren't good enough to get a government schlarship (which wasn't a problem because my father was ready to sponsor me full to the UK), but somehow I went stubborn and insisted on applying to this program where most of my high school friends were going. (I just wanted to go overseas, didn't matter where)

I spent 2 years plus in malaysia majoring in computer science (oh and how I got here isa story in itself: Basicaly my father dragged me for career consultations to his doctor partner, first they told me to do accounting, I said I wanted pharmacy or food science because i love biology and my strength is in reading, not physics or math. Long story short, they convinced me that computer science was the way to go because it will be in high demand later on - how true but my heart wasn't in it at all). Then came here to complete the other 2 years. I graduated a computer scienc major but I hated it. In the final year I went to the food sci dept asking what would it cost me to do a food sci, they said anotehr 3 years and that was if I cram everything.i already had 2 kids then, no sponsor, so bye bye to that.

I did end up a housewife, but not without its own challenges. 5 years afetr i graduated I did some soul searching I suppose. 3 years ago I found myself. I love writing. Now, other than being a mother (a profession I must say), I am doing what I love too - writing. But yes, I guess I 'wasted' those years in college, but guess again, I don't think it's a waste. Education is never a waste (that's what my mom said). Allah's wisdom. Had I not gone that path, my life would have probably been very different. Maybe I would have gone to the UK, married someone else, not rediscover Islam as I did here, wallahu a'lam.

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And at the heaven, how it is raised?
And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm?
And at the earth, how it is spread out?

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RabiaM

I guess this is another issue: How do you pick a profession without dissappointing your parents? Some parents insist that their child go through the extra 8,9 or 10 years just to "secure" their future. What's the best way to convince your parents that their choice isnt YOUR choice?--without being disrespectful, of course..

Muhammad Alshareef

Y'know what's interesting, I never said "how many years did you waste ..." I too don't consider a waste, there is always a lesson in what you do, no matter what. Perhaps because the person has exhausted so many years, it was all leading to making a major shift in their lives that would make their life 100x more productive then if they didn't waste those years.

The words I chose were ... Exhaust, as in how many years has one exhausted in not knowing what they want.

Sure, it's great to have a lesson. But really, should a human spend multiple years of their life just to figure one thing out? What if they could learn sooner? What if they could be on track at a much earlier stage in their life, how much more productive would their life be?

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Riad Ouarzazi

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Assalaamu alaikum Sh. Riad,

I disagree with you in the sense that there are so many Muslim professionals (doctors, engineers, lawyers) that a few people leaving to go study deen won't have the slightest impact on the overall impact of Muslim professionals.

However, I agree with you in that if a person wants to be a (basic) da'ee, he can have the best of both worlds. Actually, Kamal El-Mekki mentioned that du'aat must be self sufficient these days since organizations don't really pay du'aat well enough to live a decent lifestyle. Thus, a brother who wants to be involved in da'wah work can take some time off from work or between jobs/contracts to go study overseas. That should earn him the basic qualifications.

On the other hand, what we are lacking in my opinion is not necessarily du'aat but scholars (raised in the West, and trained overseas). There are very few if any of those individuals in the US. What I mean by that is someone who has spent 15-20 years studying overseas and has the tools to give rulings for our situation here in America using authentic methodology. I don't necessarily think that just graduating from an Islaamic University or madrassa program with a basic level degree is cutting the mustard for us. We need (bare minimum) Ph.D level scholars who have also sat at the feet of kibaar ul ulemaa. Yeah, and they shoulda been raised here so they know the culture. I think that is what we are lacking and what we should encourage more of rather than encouraging "general da'wah" for brothers that want to go study. Get my drift?

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UmmSakinah

I guess I was responding to this ya ustadh, when I mentioned the word 'wasted'. Nevertheless, I cannot disagree with your most recent post, and that is actually the conclusion I myself came up with too, and I suppose the direction you are going with one of your workshops, which is really interesting mashaallah.

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Surah Al Ghaashiyah 17-20
Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?
And at the heaven, how it is raised?
And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm?
And at the earth, how it is spread out?

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