PART-2

<span class="content1"><strong>AIMS OF EDUCATION PART-2</strong> <br /> <br /> <strong>Improvement in manners and etiquette:</strong> <br /> <br /> Through manners and etiquette, a person can make even his enemies love him. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: <br /> <br /> Translation: I have been sent as a teacher. (Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol 1, Pg No: 21, Hadith no: 225) It is also mentioned in Hadith: <br /> <br /> Translation: Verily! I have been sent to perfect etiquette.<br /> (Sunan Kubra lil Baihaqi, kitab ush shahadat, Hadith no: 31301) <br /> <br /> There is deep connection between these 2 Hadith. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) considered education as the perfection of etiquette and described the aim that lofty etiquette should be acquired. <br /> <br /> The aim of education is to adorn the students with the pearls of etiquette. To groom them with truth, pleasing speech, clemency, forgiveness, justice, humility, and all such virtuous attributes; also to free them of falsehood, deception, jealousy, enmity, harshness, prejudice, immodesty, persecution of others and all such bad attributes. <br /> <br /> To quote Allama Iqbal: <br /> <br /> Translation: <br /> Education is the only medicine for the Millat in this age, It is the doctor&rsquo;s knife for blood clots. <br /> <br /> The students should be embodiments of all virtuous attributes and should avoid all bad attributes and habits. Students are not adorned with education so that they earn degrees and people call them &ldquo;educated,&rdquo; but the aim of education is that people look at them, listen to them and learn the lessons of etiquette. They become guiding lights for the creation of Allah SWT. Their character becomes the touchstone for all and everybody can gauge themselves looking at their character.</span>