What is the ruling on the one who says that marriage delays the pursuit of knowledge?
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The questioner : Some people say that marriage conflicts with your pursuit of knowledge... in the pursuit of knowledge.
The Shaykh : Have you gotten married?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did your pursuit of knowledge increase, or did it decrease?
The questioner : It may decrease at the beginning of marriage.
The Shaykh : This is a temporary obstacle. If guests came to your home, would your review of lessons decrease? But this is not a view of correctness. Rather, marriage is among the things that increase a person in the pursuit of knowledge; it increases a person in the pursuit of knowledge, because he becomes somewhat free and the worry that had afflicted him before marriage is relieved from him. Therefore, it increases in the pursuit of knowledge. For this reason, we encourage our students, especially, and students in general, to be keen on marriage.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, there is nothing wrong with it at all.
The questioner : 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ...
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah, but in any case, there is nothing wrong with it. The matters that do not occur in the way of worship... it is not the case that everything the Companions did was an innovation, even in ordinary matters. Ordinary matters contain no innovation at all. Every innovation is in the religion.
The Shaykh : Have you gotten married?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Did your pursuit of knowledge increase, or did it decrease?
The questioner : It may decrease at the beginning of marriage.
The Shaykh : This is a temporary obstacle. If guests came to your home, would your review of lessons decrease? But this is not a view of correctness. Rather, marriage is among the things that increase a person in the pursuit of knowledge; it increases a person in the pursuit of knowledge, because he becomes somewhat free and the worry that had afflicted him before marriage is relieved from him. Therefore, it increases in the pursuit of knowledge. For this reason, we encourage our students, especially, and students in general, to be keen on marriage.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, there is nothing wrong with it at all.
The questioner : 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ...
The Shaykh : I do not know, by Allah, but in any case, there is nothing wrong with it. The matters that do not occur in the way of worship... it is not the case that everything the Companions did was an innovation, even in ordinary matters. Ordinary matters contain no innovation at all. Every innovation is in the religion.