Her family wants her to work but she wants to seek Islamic knowledge
19-11-2007 | IslamWeb
Question:
Salamualikum Wa RahmatullahI'm 20 yrs old girl completed my graduation Alhumdulillah & now I want to gain Islamic knowledge as much as possible but presently my family is not in a good position I mean Financial problem so they wants me to do job & I did also in between I left that job for the sake of Allah.My family members r forcing me to join some other job & help them but I want to know much about Islam apart from this .Now presently I'm not working whenever I ask something in my house to bring they says first bring your own money they tell, to which I feel very bad.please help me I'm really very confused in this as soon as possible.Allah Hafiz
Answer:
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
First of all, we ask Allaah to greatly reward you for being keen on acquiring religious knowledge and we ask Him to enable you to achieve your aspiration.
If your family needs your help and the environment where you will work meets the religious requirements, then in our view you should try to balance between the wish of your family in getting a job, and your desire in acquiring religious knowledge. This matter [acquiring religious knowledge] is easy nowadays due to the existence of the means of acquiring knowledge as it is not a condition to enrol in a university or other institutions in order to seek this knowledge.
For more benefit on the pre-conditions for a woman to work, please refer to Fatwa 83607.