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**BrodiKennedy** · 01-08-2012, 07:28 AM

Some months ago I had a short visit to London. I requested my relative to send me someone
to pick me up from the airport.

Well, a bearded man with sunnah dress came .

I got into his car and started chatting. I was really impressed by the man's sunnah dress.

During the conversation , I have discovered that the man is the son of a Mufti who is well-known to me.

He then told me that he graduated from a madrasah in the UK. In the morning he works as a taxi-driver. Then,
after zohr prayer, he goes to a mosque where he works as an Islamic teacher.

I was wondering why he was doing taxi driving. I am not a snob. I was just thinking why an Islamic scholar would
waste his precious time in taxi-driving.

His teaching job should earn enough money for a decent living in the UK. Oh !! May be , he need to pay some debt or he has some other troubles. So, he needs to work as a part-time taxi driving temporarily. Anyway , I forgot the incident.

Recently, my wife told me that one family living in the UK has some good marriage-aged girls. Their
eldest daughter was married to a Mawlana who teaches in a maktab ( or may be madarash ) in Birmingham. However, the salary is quite low.
So, they want to find a non-Mawlana bridegroom for their second-eldest daughter.

This news woke me up and reminded me of the earlier incident. I am now wondering again why the Muslim society in the UK
can not respect their Islamic teachers or madrasah graduates by offering decent salaries.

Do you know the reason ?

01-08-2012, 07:28 AM	#1
BrodiKennedy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Why a Mawlana ( madrasah-graduate) is forced to do taxi-driving on London streets ? Some months ago I had a short visit to London. I requested my relative to send me someone to pick me up from the airport. Well, a bearded man with sunnah dress came . I got into his car and started chatting. I was really impressed by the man's sunnah dress. During the conversation , I have discovered that the man is the son of a Mufti who is well-known to me. He then told me that he graduated from a madrasah in the UK. In the morning he works as a taxi-driver. Then, after zohr prayer, he goes to a mosque where he works as an Islamic teacher. I was wondering why he was doing taxi driving. I am not a snob. I was just thinking why an Islamic scholar would waste his precious time in taxi-driving. His teaching job should earn enough money for a decent living in the UK. Oh !! May be , he need to pay some debt or he has some other troubles. So, he needs to work as a part-time taxi driving temporarily. Anyway , I forgot the incident. Recently, my wife told me that one family living in the UK has some good marriage-aged girls. Their eldest daughter was married to a Mawlana who teaches in a maktab ( or may be madarash ) in Birmingham. However, the salary is quite low. So, they want to find a non-Mawlana bridegroom for their second-eldest daughter. This news woke me up and reminded me of the earlier incident. I am now wondering again why the Muslim society in the UK can not respect their Islamic teachers or madrasah graduates by offering decent salaries. Do you know the reason ?
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