Is marriage prioritized over seeking knowledge?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is better for a student of knowledge, to marry and chaste himself, or to be patient?
Answer:
There is no doubt that marriage has great benefits, but if he is not able to marry, let him wait. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:33] As for if he is able to marry, he should marry. And if he fears for himself if he does not marry, fearing that he will fall into what is forbidden, it is obligatory for him, it is obligatory that he marry to chaste himself.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is better for a student of knowledge, to marry and chaste himself, or to be patient?
Answer:
There is no doubt that marriage has great benefits, but if he is not able to marry, let him wait. Allah the Exalted said:
But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty.
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1565] هل يقدَّم الزواج على طلب العلم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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