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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice for one who cannot marry and thinks about it frequently

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Question:
He says: I am twenty-four years old, and I have not been able to marry due to difficult circumstances and the high cost of mahr (bridal gifts). Therefore, I constantly think about marriage. So I resorted to fasting, but even while fasting, on some days that phenomenon recurs. What is the ruling on my fasting; is it valid? I hope you will guide me with what benefits me and protects me. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
You must stop thinking about marriage, increase your remembrance of Allah the Exalted, and leave thinking about marriage in order to prevent what you mentioned. As for if you cannot do so and this matter overpowers you, Allah the Glorious and Exalted said:
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
, and He the Glorious and Exalted said:
So fear Allah as much as you are ableفَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
[At-Taghabun 64:16]
. So you must reduce your thinking or divert your mind from thinking about this marriage. You must also, regarding marriage, you must also hasten to marry as much as you can, even if you borrow for the sake of marriage. Indeed, whoever borrows for the sake of marriage and to chaste himself, Allah will help him, grant him success, and settle his debt for him, making easy for him what he uses to settle his debt. Allah the Exalted said: "And marry
the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should beالْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَائِكُمْ إِن يَكُونُوا
[An-Nur 24:32]
they are poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty." So if you marry seeking chastity, even through debt, Allah will help you, Exalted is He. And among the three for whom Allah’s help is due is the one who marries seeking chastity. So you must fear Allah as much as you can and hasten to marry as much as you can, even if it is through debt, in order to chaste yourself and in order to be safe from this hardship and this distress. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5797- نصيحة لمن لا يستطيع الزواج ويكثر التفكير فيه - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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