Is it permissible for a woman to stipulate that her suitor be a student of religious knowledge?

The questioner : Is it permissible for a girl to stipulate to the one who proposes to her that he be a student of knowledge?

The Shaykh : To the one who proposes to her

The questioner : To the one who asks for her hand

The Shaykh : Yes, meaning the question is clear and not clear, meaning she wants the suitor to be from the students of knowledge? What is wrong with that?

The questioner : There is nothing wrong with it

The Shaykh : Meaning, for example, she wants the man to be righteous. Well, if she is greedy for a righteous man and a student of knowledge, naturally, when she makes this request that he be a student of knowledge, it does not mean he is not righteous. So she means righteous and a student of knowledge. What is the obstacle to this? I wish all the girls were like this type.

The questioner : Meaning, her stipulation upon him keeps him a student of knowledge, continuing in the pursuit of knowledge.

The Shaykh : Yes.

Another questioner : Meaning, her stipulation upon him that he remains continuing in the pursuit of knowledge

The Shaykh : No, that is a second thing. That is from you, not from him. He says that he be a student of knowledge.

The questioner : Meaning, the original state is that he be a student of knowledge.

The Shaykh : As for the issue of whether he continues or does not continue, that is another matter.