Is the one who does not want to marry sinful?
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Question:
A questioner from Egypt says: Shaykh, is a girl or a boy sinful if he or she decides not to marry?
Answer:
Yes, he is sinful if he fears fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), for it is obligatory for him to marry so that he does not fall into fitnah.
As for if he does not fear fitnah for himself, then marriage is recommended (mustahabb) for him. If he has desire but does not fear fitnah for himself, then marriage is recommended (mustahabb) for him.
But no one is safe from fitnah. So in any case, as long as he is able, he should marry.
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 3080 And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [An-Nur 24:32-33]. Yes. May Allah reward you.
A questioner from Egypt says: Shaykh, is a girl or a boy sinful if he or she decides not to marry?
Answer:
Yes, he is sinful if he fears fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), for it is obligatory for him to marry so that he does not fall into fitnah.
As for if he does not fear fitnah for himself, then marriage is recommended (mustahabb) for him. If he has desire but does not fear fitnah for himself, then marriage is recommended (mustahabb) for him.
But no one is safe from fitnah. So in any case, as long as he is able, he should marry.
He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Young man, those of you who can support a wife should marry, for it keeps you from looking at strange women and preserves you from immorality; but those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting, for it is a means of suppressing sexual desire.
يا معشر الشباب من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج فإنه أغض للبصر وأحصن للفرج ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فإنه له وجاء.(32) And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing. (33) But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for eventual emancipation] from among whom your right hands possess - then make a contract with them if you know there is within them goodness and give them from the wealth of Allah which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed, Allah is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.
وَأَنكِحُوا الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَائِكُمْ إِن يَكُونُوا فُقَرَاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يأثم من لا يريد الزواج؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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