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**gkihueonhjh** · 06-15-2012, 03:23 AM

here in our town, there is a sister who is Dentist by profession. Her husband is MashaAllah too strict or modest you can say. She has her own clinic at home and that is only for Women. Is it not a good idea?

and I really want to know sister, what you think, at which length we should put a dot to our educational career?

I know this question is directed at sister mmb786 but I'd like to offer an observation: for the most part, pursing a secular education is not fulfilling, it is competitive in all the wrong ways and people want more and more to be better than x,y,x or parents push so that they can compete with x,y,z... it becomes a means by which to elevate our social status. No doubt there are people who use their education towards the good of our ummah but not everyone has the means, the willpower and the intention to do so; instead, there are many people who feel dissatisfied, disillusioned and regretful.

If you need to work and you know what you want to do, make the intention to do that and obtain the degree that you need to fulfill the requirements of that position. Once you get there, you may find that your experiences lead you to want to pursue something a little more advanced so that you can do more good (for the benefit of the community) then you make the intention to do that and go for the next level. However, if you start off with the intention to obtain a PhD so that you'll be on top of the world or your parents will be so proud to display their daughter as a PhD to the world... then I'm not sure you will be very happy with the outcome.

In other words, don't intend more than you can chew and really check your heart about what it is you are aiming for and how pure your intention is.

06-15-2012, 03:23 AM	#33
gkihueonhjh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 407 Senior Member	here in our town, there is a sister who is Dentist by profession. Her husband is MashaAllah too strict or modest you can say. She has her own clinic at home and that is only for Women. Is it not a good idea? and I really want to know sister, what you think, at which length we should put a dot to our educational career? I know this question is directed at sister mmb786 but I'd like to offer an observation: for the most part, pursing a secular education is not fulfilling, it is competitive in all the wrong ways and people want more and more to be better than x,y,x or parents push so that they can compete with x,y,z... it becomes a means by which to elevate our social status. No doubt there are people who use their education towards the good of our ummah but not everyone has the means, the willpower and the intention to do so; instead, there are many people who feel dissatisfied, disillusioned and regretful. If you need to work and you know what you want to do, make the intention to do that and obtain the degree that you need to fulfill the requirements of that position. Once you get there, you may find that your experiences lead you to want to pursue something a little more advanced so that you can do more good (for the benefit of the community) then you make the intention to do that and go for the next level. However, if you start off with the intention to obtain a PhD so that you'll be on top of the world or your parents will be so proud to display their daughter as a PhD to the world... then I'm not sure you will be very happy with the outcome. In other words, don't intend more than you can chew and really check your heart about what it is you are aiming for and how pure your intention is.
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