A young man whose family refused to marry him off until he finished his studies and married himself off; what is your guidance?

Question:
He says: I am a young man of twenty years, and my family did not want to marry me off until I finished my studies. They say, "You must study and marry yourself off with your own means." What do you think of them? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is obligatory for the father, if he is able, to marry off his son who is in need of marriage, because that is part of his financial maintenance. If the son is unable to marry himself off and is in need of marriage, and he is turning himself away from what is forbidden, then it is obligatory for his father to marry him off, because this is part of the obligatory maintenance upon him. As for delaying it until he grows up and marries himself off, there is fear for the son of being lost and falling into something whose outcome is not praiseworthy. Therefore, fathers must hasten to marry off their sons when they are in need of it, unless the son has wealth or earnings, or is able to marry himself off, in which case it is not upon the father to marry him off, because he is self-sufficient with his wealth. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.