10benef

it
sofMar
ri
agei
nISLAM
BYDARUSSALAM PUBLI
SHERS

Isl
am hasv ari
ousreasonstour gemarr
iagesuchasit
sbenefi
tsinsafeguardingone’sFait
hand
alsobecauseitistheonlyandanessent i
alel
ementi
ntheproperandr i
ghteousupbringi
ngof
chil
drenandupspr i
ng.MarriageinI
slam pl
aysamajorrol
einprot
ectingaMusl imfrom thesins
ofadulter
y,masturbati
onandhomosexual it
y.Mar
ri
agetakesawaythepossi bil
it
yofallevi
lsand
sinsbecauseaf t
ermarri
ageaMusl imissupposedtoengagehimselfwithalifeshari
ngpartner
hehasmar r
iedandv i
ceversa.

Mar
riagei
stheSunnahofourNoblePr
ophet(PBUH)
,aswell
asoft
hepr
evi
ousNobl
ePr
ophet
s
(
AS).Asthest
atementofAl
lah,
theOri
ginat
or,t
heHi
ghis:

“Andi
ndeedWesentMessenger
sbef
orey
ou(
OMuhammadSAW)
,andmadef
ort
hem wi
ves
andof
fspri
ng”(
Ar-
Rad13:
38).

Marr
iageli
nguist
ical
lymeanstounit
eandtobri
ngtoget
her.Ther
ealli
ter
almeaningofmar
ri
age
i
stohav esexuali
ntercour
se;
andthemetaphor
ical
meaningofmarr
iageisthebondof
marr
iage.

TheMusl
i
m schol
arsdef
inedmar
ri
aget
hroughv
ari
ousdef
ini
ti
ons,
andoneoft
hesei
s:

“
Mar
ri
agei
ssuchabondf
rom whi
cht
heactofsexual
int
ercour
sebecomesl
awf
ul.
”

Onewhohasadequat
emeanstomai nt
ainafamil
yshoul
dmar
ry.Mar
ryi
ngensur
esmodest
y
andchast
it
ywhi
chisvi
tal
foraheal
thysoci
alli
fe.

Isl
am pr
escr
ibesmat t
ersthatcont
aingoodbenef
it
sbot
hinthi
swor
ldandi
ntheHer
eaf
terand
amongthegreatestbenef
itsofmarri
agearet
hefoll
owi
ng:

1.Obey
ingt
hePr
ophet(
PBUH)andcar
ryi
ngouthi
sSunnah,
becauset
hePr
ophet(
PBUH)sai
d:

“
Oyoungpeopl
e!Whoev
eramongy
oui
sabl
etomar
ry,
shoul
dmar
ry.
”(Al
-Bukhar
i5065)
.

2.Marr
iageguarant
eesphysicalandspiri
tual
chasti
tyandpeaceofaper sonandkeepsthe
coupl
eawayf r
om thepit
fal
l
sandt emptati
onsoftheSatan.Chasti
tyi
soneoft hepr
aise-
wort
hy
att
ri
butesoft
hebeliev
ersasAl l
ah( SWT)ment i
onediti
nthefoll
owingverse:

“Andthosewhoguar
dthei
rchast
it
y(i
.e.pr
ivat
epar
ts,
from i
l
legal
sexual
act
s)”(
Al-
Mumi
nun
23:5)
.

3.Thr
oughmar
ri
aget
hecoupl
esachi
evemut
ual
aff
ect
ion,
mer
cyandl
ove.Al
l
ah(
SWT)say
s:

“
AndHehasputbet
weeny
ouaf
fect
ionandmer
cy”(
Ar-
Rum 30:
21)
.

4.Throughmarr
iaget
hecouplewil
lhaveri
ght
eousof
fspr
ing.I
tist
hesurvi
valofgenerati
onand
i
tresult
sinobt
aini
nggreatandgoodrewar
dsbyhavi
ngri
ghteouschi
l
dren.Havi
ngr i
ghteous
chi
l
drenorupbri
ngi
ngthem onthepr
inci
pleoft
heI
slami
cShar
iahmay
,howev
er,
beconsi
der
ed
amongthebestfor
m ofchar
it
yastheProphet(
PBUH)sai
d:

“
Whenapersondieshi
sdeedsdi
sconti
nue,exceptf
orthr
eethings:Ongoi
ngchari
ty,
knowl
edge
whi
chpeopl
ebenefi
tfr
om,andari
ghteoussonwhopr aysforhim.”(
Musli
m 1631).

5.Marri
ageisthemeanofr ecei
vinggreatrewardsforbothcouplesthr
oughspendingonthei
r
chi
ldr
en,guardi
ngtheirchast
it
y,hel
pingthem inthei
rproblems,prot
ecti
ngthem f
rom har
ms
anddif
fi
cult
iesandtreati
ngthem wit
hkindnessast heProphet(PBUH)said:

“Nomanearnsanyt
hingbett
erthanthatwhichheear
nswithhisownhands,andwhataman
spendsonhi
mself
,hiswif
e,hi
schildandhisserv
anttheni
tischar
it
y.”(
IbnMajah2138)
.

Toavoidspendingonone’
swi f
eandchi
ldr
enismiserl
inessandstingi
nesswhi
chis
condemnable.Butt
okeepfulf
il
li
ngunr
easonabl
elegalandil
legal
needsofthefami
lyi
sal
so
ext
ravaganceandsquander
ing,whi
charebothdi
sli
ked.

6.Thecoupl
esalsowi l
lgaingoodr ewardsthr
oughhavingchi
ldr
en,upbri
ngingt
hem i
n
accor
dancewiththeIsl
ami cteachi
ngs,beingpat
ientwhil
eeducati
ngthem andmaki
ngthem
oneswhowillcal
lotherstothetruerel
igionofI
slam.

7.Thr
oughmar
ri
ageAl
l
ah(
SWT)wi
l
lenr
icht
hecoupl
esandwi
l
lbl
esst
hei
rli
vel
i
hood.Al
l
ah
(SWT)say
s:

“Andmar r
ythoseamongy ouwhoar esingl
e(i
.e.amanwhohasnowi f
eandt hewomanwho
hasnohusband)and( alsomar r
y)theSal i
hun(pious,f
itandcapableones)ofy our(
male)slav
es
andmai d-
serv
ants(femaleslaves).Ift
heybepoor ,
All
ahwillenri
chthem outofHisBounty.And
All
ahisAll
-Suff
ici
entforHiscreatures’needs,
All-Knowing(aboutthestat
eoft hepeopl
e).
”(An-
Nur24:32).

8.Bymar
ryi
ngandf
ulf
il
li
ngt
her
ight
soft
hehusband,
thebel
i
evi
ngwomanwi
l
lent
erPar
adi
se.

9.Byhavi
ngright
eouschil
dren,
thecoupl
eswill
recei
vegoodandgreatr
ewar
dsi
nthi
swor
ld
andaft
erthei
rdeath,
becauseri
ghteouschi
l
drenareongoi
ngchar
it
y .

10.Ar
ight
eouswi
fei
sthebet
terpr
ovi
sionoft
hiswor
ld.ThePr
ophet(
PBUH)sai
d:

“
Thi
swor l
disbutpr
ovi
sion,
andt
her
eisnopr
ovi
sioni
nthi
swor
ldbet
tert
hanar
ight
eouswi
fe.
”
(
Musli
m 1469)
.

Theri
ghteouswifeisagreatfavor
,becausesheprovestobeagoodadvisorinworl
dlymatt
ers;
shei
sagoodl ifepart
nerandsheassistsherhusbandinmatt
ersoftheHereaft
er;t
husbot
h
achi
evehighranks.Ontheotherhand,ther
ight
eoushusbandisagreatf
avorforthewif
etoo.

Inshort
,thegreatestbenef
itofmarri
agei
sprotecti
onagainstasinf
ulli
feandtheful
fi
ll
mentof
sexualdesi
rethroughlawfulmeans.Thi
sgreatbenefi
tisthemainobject
iveofmarri
ageand
shouldbefocuseduponatt heti
meofmar ri
age;otherbenefi
tswi
llt
henbeachievedthereaf
ter
.