Which is better: seeking knowledge or jihad in the path of Allah?

Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, which is better for a person, seeking knowledge or fighting in the path of Allah? As you have heard from the Shaykh, or the meaning of his words, that this follows

Answer:
one’s talents. The one who has a talent for fighting and military strategy joins the military ranks, military study, to benefit the Muslims. The one who has a talent for jurisprudence, knowledge, and memorization engages in seeking knowledge. The one who has a talent for medicine or technical sciences and industry engages in the sciences of industry and sciences, but only after he has the fundamentals of his religion. He must learn the rulings of Islam that are necessary. He must learn the matters of his religion first, and then he specializes in what his talent inclines him to, from what benefits the Muslims.
So it is obligatory for the Muslim first to learn his religion; this is an individual obligation for every Muslim. Then, when it comes to specialization, each person specializes in what he has of a talent that benefits the Muslims.