Marriage Versus Education for a Young Woman - Jurisprudential Answers - Miscellaneous Issues, Vol 3

Ahmed al-Hasan Response:

If marriage and education genuinely conflict, marriage is better for a woman. However, she may choose to leave marriage and continue her education if she prefers education, or she may marry and continue her education if there is no conflict between the two. A woman who believes in the truth may marry a believer in the Imams and the Mahdis from the people of truth, or she may marry a Muslim from another school who is not hostile to the Imams or the Mahdis. Marriage to a non-believer is disliked for a believing woman, so it is better for her to avoid marrying a non-believer. As for a believing man, he may marry a believing woman, a Muslim woman from another school who is not hostile to the Imams or the Mahdis, and he may also marry a Christian or Jewish woman from the People of the Book.