Fariq Naik – How to Get Admission in Saudi Islaamic Universities
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Assalamu alaikum, I am Hamad from Kashmir.
I have completed my B.Tech in Civil
Engineering.
Now I want to know how do I
pursue Bachelors and Masters in any Islamic University
in Saudi Arabia, since I have surpassed the
age criteria for admission into Islamic University of
Medina and it is my passion to study
Islam offline with an organized academic curriculum.
Please help.
Brother, you have mentioned in your question that
you have surpassed the age criteria as far
as admission in the Islamic University of Medina
is concerned, but you have not mentioned your
age.
Are you 26 years?
Are you 27 years?
Are you 30 years?
Are you 25 years?
As far as the Islamic universities in Saudi
Arabia are concerned, three universities are the best
Islamic universities in Saudi Arabia.
The first is Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic
University, that is in Riyadh.
The second is the Islamic University of Medina,
that is in Medina Al-Munawwara and the
third is Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca.
These are the three best universities as far
as Islamic subjects and Islamic studies is concerned.
Now, the age criteria as far as admission
for bachelors in any of these three universities
is concerned is below 25 years.
So if you are below 25 years, you
can very well apply.
If you are 25 years, you can yet
apply.
If you are more than 25 years, then
what I would request you to do is
yet apply in all of these three Islamic
universities in Saudi Arabia.
Because you never know that if your grades
are very good, if your grades are excellent,
the university may consider you as an exception
and they may accept you as their student.
They may admit you into one of these
universities.
You will be accepted in one of these
universities.
So at least apply in all of these
three universities and if you go online, you
will find their forms are available on the
respective websites, official websites of these universities.
Simultaneously, you can also apply for admission in
other universities.
For example, we have Islamic universities in Qatar.
For example, we have Muhammad bin Khalifa University.
We also have the Qatar University in Qatar.
Besides this, we also have the University of
Sharjah and there are various Islamic universities that
are available.
We have all of these universities that are
good universities in the Gulf countries.
Apply in all of these universities and inshallah,
we hope that you will get admission in
one of these universities in bachelors.
Besides this, you can also apply in IIUM,
Islamic International University of Malaysia and inshallah, you
can apply in this university as well.
Now if you do not get admission in
any one of these universities, so the only
option for you is that you study online
and you acquire knowledge online and what I
would request you is that you can refer
to the Al-Hidayah platform.
That is an LMS, Learning Management System as
well as a VOD, that is a video
on demand.
Various courses related to Islam are available on
the Al-Hidayah platform.
You can refer to this Al-Hidayah platform
and there are three categories.
The first is Dr. Zakir Naik and other
speakers.
The second category is Dr. Zakir Naik and
the third category is other speakers.
So certain videos are available for free, whereas
others you need to subscribe and after you
have subscribed, you can have access to thousands
of videos as far as Islam is concerned,
whether it be in the field of Tafsir,
Hadith, Aqeedah, Fiqh, Islam and comparative religion etc.
And the USP, the unique selling point of
the Al-Hidayah platform, it is the International
Dawah Training Program.
I would request you to refer to this
International Dawah Training Program and to start doing
this course.
The complete International Dawah Training Program has not
yet been uploaded on the Al-Hidayah platform
but parts of it have been uploaded on
the Al-Hidayah platform.
So besides the videos, there is also a
lot of material that is available along with
the videos and there is also assessment which
will aid you to know where you are
as far as a particular course is concerned.
So I would highly recommend that you start
doing this course, that is the International Dawah
Training Program wherein you will learn the techniques
of conveying the message of Islam to non
-Muslims.
The techniques of handling question and answer sessions,
the techniques of debates, it is a very
great course as far as Islam and comparative
religion is concerned.
It will help and aid you drastically as
far as Dawah to non-Muslims is concerned.
And you can also refer to other speakers,
for example, you have Sheikh Asim Al-Hakim,
Sheikh Salim Al-Amri and various other speakers
who are available on the Al-Hidayah platform
and you can do various courses that are
suitable to your liking and InshaAllah you will
benefit drastically through the Al-Hidayah platform.
Besides this, you can also study in online
universities but I would like to stress and
emphasize by saying that studying in an online
university, it has a far less impact as
compared to studying in an offline and on
-campus university.
So there is a vast difference between studying
in an on-campus university as compared to
studying in an online university.
Studying in any one of the three Islamic
universities that I have mentioned is far superior
than studying in any online university because when
you are studying in an offline university or
when you go to the campus and acquire
knowledge, there is direct interaction with the teacher.
You can ask whatever doubts you have on
the spot to the teacher and you can
understand whatever you are studying in a much
better way.
So you cannot compare online universities to offline
and on-campus universities.
But if you are not getting admission in
any one of these few universities that I
mentioned then you can study in online universities
and one of the best online universities, it
is the IOU, that is the International Online
University which is run by Dr. Bilal Phillips.
You can refer to this university and Inshallah,
you can do courses as far as Islamic
studies is concerned.
There is another university that is run by
Sheikh Saad al-Shetri that is the Knowledge
University and you can refer to this university
as well and you can study online in
one of these universities and it will help
you Inshallah.
Certain students who are very studious and those
who are focused, they may greatly benefit even
from the online universities because they are focused,
they are dedicated.
Our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
said, طَلَابُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيدَتْنَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ Seeking
knowledge is obligatory upon every single Muslim.
We should acquire Islamic education and knowledge.
We should acquire knowledge that will benefit us
in this world as well as the next
and we should see to that we do
not acquire knowledge that is futile, which does
not benefit us neither in this world nor
in the Akhira.
So when we are acquiring knowledge, we should
see to that it is beneficial for us.
It is beneficial knowledge.
That's the reason we do the Dua.
رَبِّي زِدْنِي عِلْمًا Oh my Lord, increase me
in knowledge.
What kind of knowledge?
Beneficial knowledge, knowledge that will benefit us in
this world as well as the next and
simultaneously a person can do his own self
-study, read the glorious Quran with translation, read
the Tafsir of the glorious Quran.
There are various books of Tafsir that are
available.
If you know Arabic as a language, it
is the best.
There are several books of Tafsir that are
available, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Tabari, Tafsir As-Sa'di
and various other books of Tafsir that are
available.
If you do not know Arabic as a
language, then you can refer to Tafsir Ibn
Kathir in the English language.
And as far as the translation of the
glorious Quran is concerned, I would request you
that to read the translation of the glorious
Quran as well on a daily basis.
And one of the best English translations, it
is the Abdullah Yusuf Ali Sheikh.
So you can refer to this translation as
well.
And you after you read the glorious Quran
on a daily basis, you will see the
satisfaction and tranquility in your life.
You will see the change in your life.
Let us be connected to the glorious Quran
and let us not disconnect ourselves from the
glorious Quran.