Was there anyone among the Sahaabah who did not get married because of seeking knowledge?
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                If there were any Sahabi who didnt get married because of the acquiring knowledge?
Praise be to Allah.
	The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) 
	encouraged marriage, and instructed and urged people to get married. Al-Bukhaari 
	(5063) and Muslim (1401) narrated from Anas that a group of Sahaabah of the 
	Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) asked the wives of the 
	Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) about what he did in 
	private. One of them said: I will not marry women. Another said: I will not 
	eat meat. Another said: I will not sleep in a bed. He (the Prophet 
	(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)) praised and extolled Allah, then 
	he said: “What is the matter with people who say such and such? I pray and I 
	sleep, I fast and I break the fast, and I marry women. Whoever turns away 
	from my Sunnah is not of me.” 

	Ibn Maajah (1846) narrated that ‘Aa’ishah said: The Messenger 
	of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Marriage is part 
	of my Sunnah, and whoever does not follow my Sunnah has nothing to do with 
	me.” 

	Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah. 

	We do not know of anyone among the Sahaabah (may Allah be 
	pleased with them) who refrained from marriage because of seeking or 
	spreading knowledge. The scholars among the Sahaabah, who narrated hadith, 
	and from whom knowledge and understanding of the religion was learned, and 
	had students who learned from them, were all married. We do not know of 
	anyone among them who refrained from marriage or who told any of his 
	students to do so in order to be free to learn and study, or for any other 
	purpose. 

	They include the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, 
	‘Uthmaan and ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with them). 

	They also include the commanders of armies, such as ‘Amr ibn 
	al-‘Aas, Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarraah, Khaalid ibn al-Waleed, Shurahbeel ibn 
	Hasanah and others (may Allah be pleased with them all). 

	The same is true of most of the Sahaabah who narrated 
	Prophetic hadith, such as Abu Hurayrah, Abu Sa‘eed, Anas ibn Maalik, 
	‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbaas, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr and others 
	(may Allah be pleased with them all). 

	At-Tirmidhi (3790) narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said: The 
	Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The 
	most compassionate of my ummah towards my ummah is Abu Bakr; the strictest 
	of them in adhering to the command of Allah is ‘Umar; the most sincere of 
	them in modesty is ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan; the most knowledgeable of them 
	about halaal and haraam is Mu‘aadh ibn Jabal; the most knowledgeable about 
	shares of inheritance is Zayd ibn Thaabit; the most knowledgeable of them 
	about recitation of Qur’an is Ubayy ibn Ka‘b. Every nation has a trustee, 
	and the trustee of this ummah is Abu ‘Ubaydah ibn al-Jarraah.” 

	Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in 
	Saheeh at-Tirmidhi

	All of these men got married, including Mu‘aadh ibn Jabal, 
	the most knowledgeable of this ummah about halaal and haraam.

	Whoever seeks knowledge will find out that part of the 
	knowledge that he seeks encourages and urges people to get married. 

	The one who combines pursuit of knowledge with marriage has 
	combined two good things and is following the example of the leaders of 
	Islam, the Sahaabah and Taabi‘een, and those who followed them in truth. 

	And Allah knows best.