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**WomanBreast40356** · 12-03-2009, 08:26 PM

Take the money out altogether and see who remains........

We both know it is not a 'goodwill gesture' but a actual wage for hours worked. we both know that. You can make it technical all you want,but on the ground level,its a wage. If it was a goodwill gesture,they should still decalre it and let the authorities decide.

By the way, a teacher whose only income is from the madrassa is very different to a person who works 9-5 with a good salary and even then goes to teach in a maktab in the evening and claiming that wage too.

Hafiz Patel sahib gets very angry at those scholars who have a regular well paid 9-5 job and then teach in a madrassa and claim the wage.

if the madrassa is your sole income,fine,but when one is leading a comfortable life just with ones 9-5 job and then takes money from teaching at madrassa,one wonders wether money has become the goal.

anyway,rant over.

i know that and you know that, money is a HUGE factor in this.

i did say very few teachers dont work for the money also so im not completely biased.

Take the wages away and you might see some remain though some will probably go.

Bottom line is they have skills we dont, we are not willing to do it for free, so i guess they think the same too, so if they treat it as a part time cash in hand job then the purpose is being fulfilled i.e kids getting a religious education but the ikhlas is missing, thats between Allah and them.

We are no different, we wouldnt teach maktab for free, if we would then no aalims would be employed in the lower classes.

12-03-2009, 08:26 PM	#18
WomanBreast40356 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Take the money out altogether and see who remains........ We both know it is not a 'goodwill gesture' but a actual wage for hours worked. we both know that. You can make it technical all you want,but on the ground level,its a wage. If it was a goodwill gesture,they should still decalre it and let the authorities decide. By the way, a teacher whose only income is from the madrassa is very different to a person who works 9-5 with a good salary and even then goes to teach in a maktab in the evening and claiming that wage too. Hafiz Patel sahib gets very angry at those scholars who have a regular well paid 9-5 job and then teach in a madrassa and claim the wage. if the madrassa is your sole income,fine,but when one is leading a comfortable life just with ones 9-5 job and then takes money from teaching at madrassa,one wonders wether money has become the goal. anyway,rant over. i know that and you know that, money is a HUGE factor in this. i did say very few teachers dont work for the money also so im not completely biased. Take the wages away and you might see some remain though some will probably go. Bottom line is they have skills we dont, we are not willing to do it for free, so i guess they think the same too, so if they treat it as a part time cash in hand job then the purpose is being fulfilled i.e kids getting a religious education but the ikhlas is missing, thats between Allah and them. We are no different, we wouldnt teach maktab for free, if we would then no aalims would be employed in the lower classes.
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