Combining the pursuit of knowledge and work in the presence of debts
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I want to pursue knowledge, but I have debts, and my father wants me to work. What do you advise me to do? Should I give up the pursuit of knowledge?
Answer:
Combine the two benefits. Work and obtain what you and your father need for maintenance, and pursue knowledge at another time. Pursue knowledge at another time, even if it is only one month or two months of the year; there is blessing in that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I want to pursue knowledge, but I have debts, and my father wants me to work. What do you advise me to do? Should I give up the pursuit of knowledge?
Answer:
Combine the two benefits. Work and obtain what you and your father need for maintenance, and pursue knowledge at another time. Pursue knowledge at another time, even if it is only one month or two months of the year; there is blessing in that. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (49:40)
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