Fariq Naik – Can a Muslim Study from a Non-Muslim

			Salam aleikum, Wa alaykum wa
salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakato
		

			can a Muslim study from a non
Muslim? As far as studying from a
		

			non Muslim is concerned, it can
broadly be divided into two types
		

			a Muslim studying from a non
Muslim, the knowledge related to
		

			the deen. As far as this is
concerned, knowledge of the deen
		

			should only be acquired from a
Muslim. It's not be acquired from
		

			a non Muslim and unfortunately, we
see that many Muslims they study
		

			Islam from non Muslims and we find
this that it is very prevalent in
		

			the Western countries when people
are writing thesis, whether it be
		

			masters or whether it be PhD, they
are Muslim or their supervisors
		

			non Muslim, this should be
avoided. Why would you want a non
		

			Muslim to be a supervisor when it
comes to matters of the deen when
		

			it comes to Aqeedah when it comes
to succeed when it comes to
		

			Hadith, and you have so many
Muslims who are far more, who are
		

			far better as far as understanding
the deen is concerned than these
		

			non Muslims. But yet, many Muslims
they prefer going to these
		

			universities, these western
universities and choosing such
		

			professors were non Muslims. We
have so many Islamic universities
		

			that are far superior as compared
to these western universities as
		

			far as the knowledge of deen is
concerned. So we should give
		

			preference to these universities.
So as far as the deen is
		

			concerned, the knowledge of Islam
is concerned, a Muslim should only
		

			acquire it from Muslim. The second
category is a Muslim studying from
		

			a non Muslim the worldly
knowledge. A Muslim can study from
		

			a non Muslim the worldly
knowledge, knowledge that is not
		

			related to the deen. As far as the
teacher is not teaching anything
		

			that goes against the rules of
Sharia that goes against the
		

			teaching of the Glorious Quran or
authentic hadith of a beloved
		

			Prophet Muhammad, peace and
blessings be upon him. And it does
		

			not involve anything that is haram
or anything or it is or it does
		

			not involve in something or the
teacher does not teach anything
		

			that is haram. This should not be
done.
		

			So acquiring knowledge of the
dunya worldly knowledge there is
		

			no problem it is better for Muslim
to acquire even the worldly
		

			knowledge from a Muslim teacher.
But if you acquire it from a non
		

			Muslim as long as it does not
break rules of the Sharia, there
		

			is no problem in it. But for those
who are studying in school,
		

			especially in the pre primary and
primary section, for example,
		

			students five year small children
five years old, six years old,
		

			seven years old, they should see
two that they acquire the parents
		

			should see too that they acquire
even the worldly knowledge from a
		

			Muslim teacher. And the parents
play a key role in the right
		

			tarbiyah and upbringing of the
children. They should see too,
		

			that they admit that children into
good Islamic schools rather than
		

			admitting them into convent
schools. Because if a student for
		

			example, a female student studies,
for example, a female student
		

			maybe five years, six years a
small girl studies, worldly
		

			knowledge from a non Muslim
teacher, or non Muslim female
		

			teacher and this female teacher
does not wear hijab, for example,
		

			wears a skirt, what impression
will it have on the student, the
		

			student will think there is no
problem in wearing such clothes.
		

			Because for the student at a young
age, when the student is five
		

			years old, six years old, seven
years old, for the student, the
		

			teacher is the ultimate what the
teacher does, it will have an
		

			impact on the student. So that's
the reason admitting children into
		

			Islamic schools is very important
so that they have a good Islamic
		

			environment. And so that they're
not being influenced by the
		

			Western culture, which is very,
which can be damaging to the
		

			student.
		

			So I request the parents that in
whichever variable they're
		

			staying, seated, to admit your
children into good Islamic schools
		

			so that it will save God their
deen the religion of Islam, today,
		

			there is so much fitna around us,
we should see to it that we save
		

			God, ourself and our family, from
the temptations of the Satan. And
		

			we see to it that we do things
that are Islamic, and we are in an
		

			Islamic environment so that we can
safeguard ourself as well as our
		

			family from the temptations of the
shaytaan