Shaykh Salih, you must give us a word on facilitating the matter of marriage and easing its conditions, so that women do not remain unmarried in their homes.
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, you must give us a word on facilitating the matter of marriage and easing its conditions, so that the girls do not remain unmarried in their homes.
Answer:
Yes, this is an important issue, and it is the exhortation to facilitate marriage and reduce mahr (bridal gifts); because that helps in the marriage of the girls and prevents them from remaining unmarried, and it encourages husbands to proceed with marriage. It is required to facilitate marriage by every means that leads to it.
And from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, [it is said]: The greatest of women in blessing is the one who is easiest to maintain.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged facilitating marriage, and his Sunnah (recommended practice) in his marriages and the marriages of his daughters was ease in matters. He (peace and blessings be upon him) disapproved of a man from the Companions who married with a large mahr, and said: "It is as if you are carving gold from the side of this mountain." This was disapproval of that.
So whatever facilitates marriage and eases the burden on husbands is required by the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law), and whatever obstructs marriage, causes financial hardship for the married man, or burdens him with what he cannot bear or what is difficult for him, then this is prohibited by the Shari'ah. Because what is required of marriage is not the acquisition of wealth, but rather what is required of marriage are great legal interests. Yes.
Chastity for the spouses, the attainment of righteous offspring, the husband’s provision for his wife and making her independent of others, all of this is among the great objectives of marriage. As for wealth, it was legislated only for the honor of the woman; the mahr was legislated only for the honor of the woman. Yes, yes. But it should not be for extravagance and burdening the husbands with more than they can bear? Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Shaykh Salih, you must give us a word on facilitating the matter of marriage and easing its conditions, so that the girls do not remain unmarried in their homes.
Answer:
Yes, this is an important issue, and it is the exhortation to facilitate marriage and reduce mahr (bridal gifts); because that helps in the marriage of the girls and prevents them from remaining unmarried, and it encourages husbands to proceed with marriage. It is required to facilitate marriage by every means that leads to it.
And from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, [it is said]: The greatest of women in blessing is the one who is easiest to maintain.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged facilitating marriage, and his Sunnah (recommended practice) in his marriages and the marriages of his daughters was ease in matters. He (peace and blessings be upon him) disapproved of a man from the Companions who married with a large mahr, and said: "It is as if you are carving gold from the side of this mountain." This was disapproval of that.
So whatever facilitates marriage and eases the burden on husbands is required by the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law), and whatever obstructs marriage, causes financial hardship for the married man, or burdens him with what he cannot bear or what is difficult for him, then this is prohibited by the Shari'ah. Because what is required of marriage is not the acquisition of wealth, but rather what is required of marriage are great legal interests. Yes.
Chastity for the spouses, the attainment of righteous offspring, the husband’s provision for his wife and making her independent of others, all of this is among the great objectives of marriage. As for wealth, it was legislated only for the honor of the woman; the mahr was legislated only for the honor of the woman. Yes, yes. But it should not be for extravagance and burdening the husbands with more than they can bear? Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شيخ صالح لابد لكم من كلمة حول تيسير أمر الزواج وتخفيف شروطه حتى لا تبقى النساء عوانس في البيوت — youtube.com
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