The ruling on seeking a benefit from a specific person for the sake of seeking knowledge

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I am a student of knowledge, and I have a need with a certain person. This need will be a cause, with Allah’s permission, for my seeking of religious knowledge. Is it permissible for me to ask this person for this need, explaining to him that I am a student of knowledge and that this need will help me continue in seeking it? Or does this contradict reliance upon Allah?

Answer:
This is part of taking the means, and taking the means is necessary and does not contradict reliance upon Allah the Exalted. It has passed us that asking for a pressing need is permissible; asking people for a pressing need is permissible to the extent of the need. Yes.