QUESTION!!

Wa alaykum salam

Yes 100% halal.

Salam/Peace,

Semar

"We are people who do not eat until we are hungry and do not eat to our fill." (Prophet Muhammad PBUH)

"1/3 of your stomach for food, 1/3 for water, 1/3 for air"

huynhthi870 wrote:

Assalamu Alaykum,

Is becoming an astrophysicist/astronomer acceptable in Islam?

It would only consist of research in astrophysics/astronomy. It would not involve teaching, nor would it involve working in planetariums and science museums.

The job of astrophysicist/astronomer consists in:

- Programming, writing computer code to analyze observational data or to make models/simulations of phenomena.

- Writing scientific research papers that may be published in scholarly journals.

- Writing many emails.

- Filling out paperwork to get funding for our projects.

- Traveling very frequently to many countries to present our research findings at scientific conferences and lectures, and to meet other astrophysicists/astronomers.

- Traveling frequently to many remote parts of the world (on top of mountains) to make observations with optical or radio telescopes.

Note that �astrophysics� and �astronomy� are the same thing. But they must not be confused with �astrology� which is something totally different.

Wa'alaikumussalam,
Yes ... it is allowed in Islam even Allah and Prophet Muhammad command us to have knowledge including the field you are doing.