بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Just sharing some links in response to those individuals who assume that my brothers and I completely dropped out of high school and don't hold any degree:
https://mjustsharingislam.blogspot.com/2024/04/note-my-educational-background-ma.html
https://www.arabnews.com/node/233528/1000
Something which a lot of people don't know is that our dear parents (Allah yarhamhuma. Ameen), with our dear mother being the first female at her university UP Diliman who attained a doctorate degree in education (based on a really old cut out piece of a newspaper or journal with a photo of my dear mother - Allah yarhamha. Ameen. and I'm not purposely making this up Alhamdulillah) while our dear father (Allah yarhamhu. Ameen) received his PhD degree in University of Westminster in London (United Kingdom) they managed an online university for some time associated with MSU working alongside Dr Norma Sharief (Allah yarhamha. Ameen) until they passed away and the online university couldn't be continued.
One of my dear mom's dreams is to establish an Islamic university in the Philippines, while another dream of hers was to provide authentic Islamic education for absolutely free. Her latter dream MashaAllah is amazing yes, but truthfully we can't offer completely free education because our teachers and faculty members need to earn as well. May Allah the Almighty have mercy on our dear parents, reunite us with them in Jannatul Ferdaus, decree that someday at the most ideal timing there would be some prestigious and recognized Islamic university in the Philippines offering online courses particularly for busy Muslims and increase us in wisdom. Ameen.
Honestly I also believe that one can be very successful in both worlds Inn-sha-Allah even if they don't hold any college degree. Actually I believe that even a Muslim who never went to high school but they sincerely memorized the whole of the Noble Qur'an, word for word, and they are dedicated in applying the beautiful teachings from the Noble Qur'an and Sunnah is more than a gazillion times better than me in many ways. The beloved Prophet and Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam didn't go to high school nor college yet undoubtedly he's the best of all human beings due to his strong admirable connection with our Only God and Creator Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala and his exemplary, noteworthy and dignified character.
Next time some jokers arrogantly laugh at you for trying to lead an organization or institute without holding any degree, confidently remain unaffected and refrain from giving them too much attention. In other words, don't take their fallacious criticism seriously nor stalk their online content to preserve our overall well-being. There are some instances though when we need to clarify ourselves because allowing arrogant people to remain deluded by their erroneous assumptions could carry more disadvantages than benefits, specifically if they can't stop spreading rumors that could lead to any sort of division, disunity or misunderstanding.
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