Guidance on Marriage, Exaggeration in Mahr, and the Proliferation of Divorce
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Question:
The presenter: Finally, our Shaykh, if you permit, we ask for your guidance regarding those who burden themselves with marriage, exaggerate in the mahr (bridal gift), and exaggerate in the high number of divorced women. Also, we ask for your guidance regarding divorced women, our Shaykh. Some women are divorced after a month, after a week, or after a year. What is your guidance on this matter, our Shaykh? Thank you, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman. Thank you. Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
The Shaykh: Yes, marriage is encouraged and required of the Muslim because of the benefits that result from it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O young men,Sunan Ibn Majah 1845Sahih (Darussalam) And Allah the Exalted said: [An-Nur 24:32] So marriage is required because of the great benefits it contains. As for divorce, it has causes. One of its causes is that the woman does not submit to her husband or becomes arrogant toward him. Especially now that women perform wudu' (ablution) and go out to work and leave their homes, divorce has become frequent now. This is because the husband wants a woman who submits to him in a good manner, stays in his home, and raises his children, and so on. This is what has caused divorce: women taking up jobs outside the home and employment. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
The presenter: Finally, our Shaykh, if you permit, we ask for your guidance regarding those who burden themselves with marriage, exaggerate in the mahr (bridal gift), and exaggerate in the high number of divorced women. Also, we ask for your guidance regarding divorced women, our Shaykh. Some women are divorced after a month, after a week, or after a year. What is your guidance on this matter, our Shaykh? Thank you, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman. Thank you. Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
The Shaykh: Yes, marriage is encouraged and required of the Muslim because of the benefits that result from it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "O young men,
whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding one's chastity. Whoever cannot afford it, let him fast
من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج، فإنه أغض للبصر وأحصن للفرج، ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصومfor it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding the private parts,
فإنه له وجاء،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
وَأَنكِحُوا الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَائِكُمْ إِن يَكُونُوا فُقَرَاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 18-12-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (57:52)
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