What is the ruling on a young man traveling to another country to seek knowledge, when he is unmarried and his family has no need of him?

The questioner : The second question.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : A young man wants to seek knowledge; he wants to go to Yemen to the shaykh, Muqbil!

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : And he is unmarried. How, for example, is it permissible for him to go out? I mean, his family has no need of him, for example?

The Shaykh : How is it that his family has no need of him?

The questioner : They are not in need of him, for example, or of his work or his presence; there is someone else in the house!

The Shaykh : If his father and mother give him permission.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Then yes, traveling for the sake of seeking knowledge is permissible.

The questioner : But if, for example, his mother does not give him permission?

The Shaykh : No, he does not go.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And beware of that.

The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : You are welcome.