Yes, seeking knowledge, especially Islamic knowledge.
There is no specific age for it. So yes, what's the problem if someone seeks knowledge after getting old? It's better than remaining ignorant until death.
Right? What's stopping someone from seeking knowledge when they're old? There's nothing stopping them. But this is about neglect.
They say learning at a young age is like engraving on stone, meaning it's important.
But learning when you're older is difficult, yet someone who learns when they're older is better than someone who.
does not learn and remains ignorant. In fact, a person should learn. That's why Ash-Shafi'i, may Allah have mercy on him, said: The more knowledge I gain, the more I realize how much I do not know.
In my ignorance, and Imam Ahmad says: with the inkwell until the grave.
Meaning, I keep learning until I die.
And this is what is required from a person, to always keep learning, whether young or old.
Even if he is old, what is stopping him? Imagine, for example, if my mother, may Allah have mercy on her, could not read the Quran well.
Is it better for her to stay like that for twenty or thirty years, or to learn?
To read the Quran and spend those twenty years reading it.
There is a huge difference, so learning knowledge at an older age is better than continuing in ignorance, and we seek refuge with Allah, definitely.
Rather, a person should learn. Learn, for a person is not born knowledgeable, and someone with knowledge is not like someone who is