Marriage In Islam

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

`Our Lord, grant us the delight of our eyes from our wives and our offspring ... ` (Quran, 25:74)

لم نر للمتحابين مثل النكاح

The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said, “We did not see anything better than marriage for those who are in love.” (Ibn Majah:1847)

So you are getting married? Congratulations, and may Allah Almighty bless you and bring you and your chosen partner to a long and happy life together!

Leaving your bachelor life behind, and becoming husband and wife together, is the most important step short of actually becoming Muslim that any human being can take in the interests of their own happiness and well-being.

Marriage is such an important step that our blessed Prophet (s) spoke of marriage as being `half the religion': `Whoever has married has completed half of his religion; therefore let him fear Allah in the other half!' (Bayhaqi)

Allah has created men and women as company for one another, and so that they can procreate and live in peace and tranquility according to the commandments of Allah and the directions of His Messenger. The Qur'an says:

وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَاء بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا

It is He Who has created humankind from water: then He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things).

وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

And among His Signs is that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between you: verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.

وَاللّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ الطيبات

And Allah has made for you mates of your own nature, and made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and grandchildren. And provided for you sustenance of the best: (An-Nahl:72)

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) declared, "There is no monasticism in Islam."

He further ordained, “…I fast and sometimes I don’t, I pray and I sleep, I also marry women. Thos who turn away from my sunnah are not from me. (Bukhari)

These verses of the Noble Qur'an and Ahadith clearly show that in contrast to other religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism etc. which consider celibacy or monasticism as a great virtue and a means of salvation, Islam considers marriage as one of the most virtuous and approved institutions.

The Prophet said, "O you young men! Whoever is able to marry should marry, for that will help him to lower his gaze and guard his modesty." (Al-Bukhari)

Modesty was regarded as a great virtue by the Prophet. He said, "Modesty is part of faith." (Al-Bukhari)