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**inilbowly** · 08-24-2011, 04:49 AM

Go seek the competencies of a Scholars on varies rulings and then the guidance of a Sheikh throughout the lifetime of your working life including University, work, etc.

The problem as your have been made aware is not just University or working but the culture they surrounds regards to being anti - sunni. I use the word Sunni specifically because it provides more clarity on the culture you are faced with.

The example you give about long hours of work is not against Islam however it is not the Sunnah, does this make sense?

Many non-muslim if they apply methods and lessons from the Sunni would have a more fulfilling life. So it is the culture that is infectious and suffocating.

It is designed to squeeze the life out of you and then you have to answer to Allah for acts and crimes committed against his will.

Asalamwalaikum,

Based on my personal experience working in the NHS i will have to agree with this. We work 12 hour shifts, and I know doctors do similiar things. It makes it impossible for me in my current work environment to do Salat. Not only that I find it tremendously frustrating to not be in a state of wudhu. Having said that, for doctors this is a 'phase'. It is a sizeable chunk of one's youth, but one can progress into doing things which sit much more comfortably with practicing Islam. Again speaking personally, most of the doctors in my family are pillars of their community. They sit on masjid boards, they fundraise, they help construct new masajid, they donate generously, they network. I think we shouldn't underestimate that at all. As a whole in the UK specifically, we are underrepresented in the professional classes and out of the people in the professional classes, it is the doctors who stand out most as helping the Ummah in this country. It is shocking but unfortunately true that considering the economic power of muslim traders, in our masajid their contribution is outweighed by doctors. Anyway that is a side issue. Time for tarawi!

08-24-2011, 04:49 AM	#19
inilbowly Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	Go seek the competencies of a Scholars on varies rulings and then the guidance of a Sheikh throughout the lifetime of your working life including University, work, etc. The problem as your have been made aware is not just University or working but the culture they surrounds regards to being anti - sunni. I use the word Sunni specifically because it provides more clarity on the culture you are faced with. The example you give about long hours of work is not against Islam however it is not the Sunnah, does this make sense? Many non-muslim if they apply methods and lessons from the Sunni would have a more fulfilling life. So it is the culture that is infectious and suffocating. It is designed to squeeze the life out of you and then you have to answer to Allah for acts and crimes committed against his will. Asalamwalaikum, Based on my personal experience working in the NHS i will have to agree with this. We work 12 hour shifts, and I know doctors do similiar things. It makes it impossible for me in my current work environment to do Salat. Not only that I find it tremendously frustrating to not be in a state of wudhu. Having said that, for doctors this is a 'phase'. It is a sizeable chunk of one's youth, but one can progress into doing things which sit much more comfortably with practicing Islam. Again speaking personally, most of the doctors in my family are pillars of their community. They sit on masjid boards, they fundraise, they help construct new masajid, they donate generously, they network. I think we shouldn't underestimate that at all. As a whole in the UK specifically, we are underrepresented in the professional classes and out of the people in the professional classes, it is the doctors who stand out most as helping the Ummah in this country. It is shocking but unfortunately true that considering the economic power of muslim traders, in our masajid their contribution is outweighed by doctors. Anyway that is a side issue. Time for tarawi!
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