I am a young man who fears fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for myself. I have a strong desire for marriage, and I have a decent source of income, and my father is well-off.

The questioner : He says: I am a young man who fears fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for myself. I have a strong desire for marriage. I have a decent source of income and my father is well-off. I have informed my family about this matter many times. But their answer is always: Marriage is a responsibility and a trust. The one who made you be patient until now will make you be patient until you finish your university studies and get a job. Your EminenceThe Shaykh : I ask you to give your opinion on my situation. And I ask you to give advice to my father. And what do you advise me? Knowing that I am able to marry and I can provide for myself and my wife, and the residence is ready. But all that remains is the father's approval?

The Shaykh : I say: Rely on Allah. And from tonight, look for a wife. Do not obey your father. Here are two matters: your father's order to wait and your Prophet's order to encourage marriage. So which takes precedence? Answer, everyone. The order of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: . Whoever is able, let him marry. And this man, according to his question, is able. He has the money, he has the house, and everything else, so let him marry. If he is content with one, otherwise he can take a second. If he is not content with a second, then a third. If he is not content with a third, then a fourth. If he is not content with a fourth.
The student : Then a fifth.

The Shaykh : No, no, the fifth, my son. If he is not content with a fifth, let him buy a slave woman. Yes, if he is not content with a fourth, let him buy a slave woman. And slave women are for him as much as he wishes. In summary: I say: Do not obey your father, marry and seek help from Allah. As for the father: I warn him against preventing his children from marriage. And I say: If the son asks for marriage and he is poor and you are rich, it is obligatory for you to marry him from your wealth. How much more so if he is marrying with his own means? I say to the father: Fear Allah. If you were in the son's position now and someone prevented you from marriage, would you not have something in your heart against him? The answer: Yes, by Allah. So let him fear Allah. And let him make the matter easy for his son. And likewise regarding daughters, some people prevent their daughters from marriage on the pretext that she has not finished her studies. It is said: When a suitable suitor proposes, marry her and do not wait for the studies. The woman is actually obligated with the affairs of the house. As for studies and expanding in them, that is for men. And women are commanded with the affairs of the house. Allah the Exalted said to the purest of women in the best of generations: . And look at the countries where the woman has lived with the man, what happens? Corruption and calamity and companionship, and evils that no one knows except Allah. But if the man strives with what is required of him from what Allah has prepared for him in measure and in Shari'ah, and the woman likewise, the people would be complete and the people would be at ease. The man comes to the house and finds everything complete. He goes out to the market and finds that he is the one who handles the works and he is the one who handles the jobs. And women have homes and men have jobs. Each strives in what completes the other. The woman completes for her husband the comfort and the affairs of the house. And the man completes for his wife all the provision. And if we walked in what the Shari'ah brought in this matter, much good would happen. So if a suitable suitor proposes, marry and seek help from Allah and do not reject the woman. And if a person rejects his daughters time after time, people will lose interest in them, and then they will remain without husbands. Yes.