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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته يحفظكم الله Alhamdulilah I have greatly benefited from your telegram channel. I came across a post about attending schools with freemixing in the west. I am currently in a difficult situation regarding this and would like some advice. I am a...sister living in...who was offered a place to study medicine at a university here. I applied for this whilst I was still ignorant. However, now I know this university is filled with freemixing, and as i will be studying to be a doctor they will want me to touch/interact with male patients and will require me to take off my niqab at times. I have also realised the importance of marrying and raising righteous children and leaving off a career which will not benefit me and instead harm my akhirah, so I no longer even want to study medicine. However, my mother has a huge problem with this. When I told her I did not want to study medicine and that I wanted to study the deen and get married she was extremely angry. She even threatened to leave Islam and commit kufr because in her eyes I have become extreme and made her hate Islam. She believes I was brainwashed by my teachers to become an extremist as I do not want to freemix. She then confiscated my Islamic books and forbade me from going to the masjid or attending my Quran classes or contacting any of my teachers. Her health then deteriorated and she became very unwell, so my family began to turn against me and blame me. I was also scared of her as her anger can be extreme. She also told me she complained against me to Allah and this scared me as I know the supplication of the mother. After a while I gave in and told her I would accept a place, but I kept my intention to accept it then reject it before I enrolled so as to not have a lie against my name. May Allah forgive me. I also do not have a father or brothers and my mother is cut off from our paternal uncles...So I do not know if I can even get married in my situation right now as I do not have a valid wali, and I can’t get into contact with my uncles either as we are cut off...Now, as the time comes near to enrolling at the university, I realised I will not be able to deceive my mother and I must tell her the truth, that I will not attend university here. But I am afraid of her and hesitant because of what happened last time. O teachers, Do you have any advice for me?! What can I do to convince my mother? Please admonish me so I can stay firm upon the good path. May Allah allow it to benefit me and make it heavy on your scales ameen. jazakAllahum Allahu khairan ___ وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته May Allāh reward you abundantly and increase you in steadfastness. I consulted our elder brother Abu Rayhana Abdulhakim Amreeki regarding your case. This is what he adviced: "She should sit with her mother and express her love and Gratitude for her mother for the years of rearing, care and upbringing. She should tell her mother perhaps she previously became upset and disappointed because of her concern for her daughter's financial future, like any mother would. However, Allah will not abandon her and has been providing for her everyday since she was in her mother's womb. She should inform her mother of her desire to learn a practice in which she can earn a living. However, she is no longer interested in medicine. She should express her desire of securing a home in this world and a home in the hereafter and that It is possible for her to study online and preserve her religion. Thus, she is still looking for the suitable occupation. Islam doesn't prevent women from studying or working, however it must be in a manner pleasing to the Provider of all. In a nut shell, she should try to show her mother that she is not in total disagreement with her. Try to calm her mother's nerves without sacrificing her religion. She should tell her she wants a good family not wealth and money.