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What is the reward for seeking worldly knowledge, such as medicine, and what is the correct intention for learning it, and what is the reward consequently entailed?

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Worldly sciences upon which the interests of people and the structure of society are built are considered a communal obligation (fard kifaya). Their practitioner is in a state of worship if he intends by his work to fulfill this obligation and serve society, and he will receive a great reward, because he is fulfilling one of the communal obligations, which some scholars have even considered to be superior to individual obligations (fard ayn).

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