Confused about my goal of life
Salam!
I'm a college student. I've been thinking about my future life for the past year, and I could not come to a specific goal. I've found that my passion is to become a scientist. I don't know what Islam says about this profession? I think being a scientist, you can work to develop solutions to the problems facing humanity and discover the realms of knowledge. Will my work please Allah and His Prophet ?
My secondary goal I presume is to become a poet. I write poetry, and my poetry has been published in international magazines. How can I make my poetry a service to Allah ?
Jazak Allah!
-khan4036
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salam
i just know that there is a hadith in which it is narrated that your tast (amaaal) depends upon your will (neaaa)
any work or any profession which you will do or adopt depends upon its purpose of doing it means neaaat or will if you do any wrong for Allah or for fullfilling the Allah's order than it will be a deed but if you do a right thing for wrong purpose it will be a sin
upto the profession you can adopt anyone but i think you should take in mind that which one is helping others more as compared to others i think thats enough if someone understand
AsSalaamu Alaikum,
There is nothing wrong with a Muslim/Muslimah becoming a Scientist in Islam, so long as you do not go against the Islamic belief or laws in certain issues. Just make sure that you are able to do three things along side, 1) You continue to learn much about 'aqeedah (i.e Islamic creed) through authentic Islamic sources, and 2) You ask reputable Islamic scholars about certain issues you may encounter throughout your education and research which you are not sure about their Islamic perspective, and 3) You do what you do for the sake of Allah--this will please Allah and His messenger, inshaAllah.
There are many Muslim scientists who have contributed in various fields of science and humanity.
Also, it would be interesting to become a scientist and a poet at the same time inshaAllah--this depends on if you are willing to and can do both.
There are many Muslim scholars who were scientists and poets at the same time. For example, Imam ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him) was an Astronomer, Chemist, a Muhadith (i.e. a scholar of hadith and its sciences), a Mufassir (i.e. a scholar of Quran interpretation), a divine psychologist (or a scholar of hearts), a Faqeeh (i.e. a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence), a historian, and a poete (he has many poetry about life and death, about success and prosperity, about this life and the next, about Jannah and Naar, and about the love of Allah and His messenger).
Please see the link below to learn much about the contributions of Muslim Scientists:
http://faithforum.wordpress.com/islam-2/knowledge-and-learning/muslim-contributions-in-technology/
http://www.islamicity.com/Science/scientists/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
Hope this helps inshaAllah, and Allah knows best.
The Description of Paradise (Janna) by Imam ibn al-Qayyim:
This taken from his famous poetry entitled “al-Kafiya al-Shafiya fe al-Intissar lil-Firqa al-Najiya” (The sufficient healing in the Triumph for the Ahlu-Sunna w al-Jama’a) it’s also known as “Nuniyyah ibn al-Qayyim” because the rhyme he used is the letter “Noon” (N).
The original poetry is 5842 verses long composed of chapters explaining Islam and dealing with the other sects and religions. This extract is composed of 28 verses most taken separately between the page 217 to the last verse on page 256 (4931-5842) taken from the chapters describing Janna which are in the end.
http://i-muslima.tumblr.com/post/22983084558/the-description-of-paradise-janna-by-imam-ibn