The Educational System In Islam

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Islamhaspresented acompleteeducational coursethat createvirtuous
individuals competing in the fields of social services, and seeking to
achievecompletionintheirenvironmentsandsocieties.Ithasbeenadis-
tinctivecoursecontainingfullaspectsofvitalization,growth,andunific-
ation. This course made Muslims,in the earliestages, such an unpar-
alleledunitedpowerthatconquered,dominated,constructed,andfoun-
dedthenoblevaluesthatrelieduponthebondsofhumanity,amiability,
and cooperation.
The Islamic fascinatingeducation could producethe choice andgrand
men of humanity, suchas Ammar bin Yasir, Abu Therr, Selman, and
otherswhobuilttheIslamichistoryastheyriledanddeniedthewrong.
They promoted the right and enlivened the spirits of sacrifice and
struggle for bracing justice and precluding unfairness and tyranny.
Inthecurrentcrucialstage,Islamhasbeensufferingasuffocatingcrisis
in the educational entity. Unmanliness, disrespect, and disintegration
havespreadoutinoursociety,andthenotionsthatprovokedtheright
havepredominated.Ithasbecomeimpossibletonoticeanyshadeofthe
Islamiceducationsinceitselementsandbasesdisappeared. Hence,loy-
altyhasvanished,andamiabilityandassociation–onbasesofGod’sfa-
vor- have been lost. The social hypocrisy has become a general phe-
nomenon. Greed andstrugglefor worldly affairshave become normal
behaviors.Anyboundaryforearningshasbeenoffcourse,andsincerity
inlaborhasbecomeamyth.Thedoctrinalrules,suchastheprecaution
in treatment(Ihtiyat),suspension of the doubted matters,God-fearing-
alltheseandthelikehavebecomeoutofline.Therehasbeennocompas-
sion, nokind, andno socialrelations. Accordingly, societiescollapsed,
and numerous social epidemics and illnesses prevailed.
Theunfortunatecalamitiesreachedthe climaxwhensomeoftheyoung
lefttheir familiesto livealone.In consequence,they havegivenin the
totalsocialboundsandtraditions.Theyhavenotcaredfortheemotional
sensationsthattheirfathersfelt,andpaidnoattentiontotheirdutiesto
theirfathers,whentheywouldbecometooold.Suchfatherssufferedtoo
muchof the behaviorsoftheir youngsonsasthey lackedcustody and
sympathy.
Fathers’crisishas been seriously cruel, especiallyfrom their sonswho
hadreceived theirstudiesintheWesterncapitals,and,inconsequence,
acquired the Western habits and natures of leaving their families and
disesteemingtheiraffairsoranysocialtradition.Whenyoungmenand
womenareoutof theirparents’ hands, -especiallywhen theylackany
socialcentrality-theywillsurelydisregardtheirparentsincreasinglyand

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