Comparing Marriage and Seeking Knowledge for a Student of Knowledge
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is better for a student of knowledge, to get married or to focus on seeking knowledge? He adds that he has read that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) left marriage and completed his pursuit of knowledge.
Answer:
If he fears for himself falling into what is forbidden, he must get married, and this does not prevent him from seeking knowledge. As for if he does not fear for himself falling into what is forbidden, he continues learning knowledge, and when he is done, he gets married according to the person's situation.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is better for a student of knowledge, to get married or to focus on seeking knowledge? He adds that he has read that Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) left marriage and completed his pursuit of knowledge.
Answer:
If he fears for himself falling into what is forbidden, he must get married, and this does not prevent him from seeking knowledge. As for if he does not fear for himself falling into what is forbidden, he continues learning knowledge, and when he is done, he gets married according to the person's situation.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن التابعين — islamhouse.com (1:02:11)
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