Does marriage hinder the pursuit of knowledge?

The questioner : May Allah make you happy, may your life be long. For example, it occupies him with knowledge.

The Shaykh : To leave it for the sake of seeking knowledge is a mistake. Because it helps him in seeking knowledge. Is that clear?

The questioner : How? Yes.

The Shaykh : No, no, no, it does not distract at all, especially if this woman is educated. I know men who married women who would organize the library and write notes in the books, and help their husbands in seeking the ruling of an issue. Instead of him sitting and reading it, she reads it for him and suffices him, helping and supporting him, and praise be to Allah, there are many women of this type. Yes? Many, not just a few. Whoever wants something from you, teach us. Yes, yes. So, the woman with these characteristics undoubtedly helps the person. The Shaykh al-Islam, yes, the Shaykh al-Islam is not a proof, meaning, may Allah have mercy on him, if he deviated from that, he is not a proof. Perhaps he, for example, did not have a strong desire in this field, and he also had many preoccupations. And when a person is busy...

The questioner : Meaning, someone thinks that if he marries, he will be kept away from seeking knowledge, and he fears for himself.

The Shaykh : All of this is from Shaytan. No, marry, and you will find, if Allah wills, energy in seeking knowledge. This is not correct, my brother. Yesterday I told you it is not correct. This is a view that is not correct. The wife does not distract from the children at all. They do not distract, especially with us, praise be to Allah. Here, we know that it is the woman who takes care of the children, not the man. It may be in some customs that men are the ones who take care of the children, right? But now, with us, praise be to Allah, women are the ones who take care of the children. Yes.