How can one become like Sheikh Ibn Baz and Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen, and which is better: to focus on seeking knowledge currently or to get married, especially since marriage may achieve stability and chastity?
The delay in starting to seek knowledge should not hinder one from studying. Many Companions and jurists began seeking knowledge at an older age and excelled, among them Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam, who started after forty. What helps in seeking knowledge is associating with righteous people of high aspiration, and reading the biographies of scholars whose aspirations were elevated. Among the books in this regard are: "Nuzhat al-Fudala’ fi Ikhtisar Siyar Alam al-Nubala’" (The Excursion of the Virtuous in Summarizing the Biographies of Noble Luminaries), "Safahat min Sabr al-Ulama’" (Pages from the Patience of Scholars), and "Uluw al-Himmah" (High Aspiration). There is no fixed rule for the number of hours dedicated to seeking knowledge; rather, one should utilize all available time profitably before preoccupations arise.
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