The Ruling on Marriage for a Young Man Who Fears Fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) for Himself
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Given the prevalence of trials in this time, I am, Honorable Shaykh, a righteous young man, but sometimes I cannot control myself in the face of these desires, and I fear that I will fall into what is forbidden. Is marriage obligatory for me? I have informed my father, but he told me to wait until I graduate from university. What is your response, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
Yes. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[An-Nur 24:32-33] So if you are unable to marry, you must practice self-restraint, lower your gaze, and fast, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded. He said: “O young men” Sunan Ibn Majah 1845Sahih (Darussalam) He should be patient and avoid [forbidden things], practicing self-restraint until [An-Nur 24:33]. Yes.
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Given the prevalence of trials in this time, I am, Honorable Shaykh, a righteous young man, but sometimes I cannot control myself in the face of these desires, and I fear that I will fall into what is forbidden. Is marriage obligatory for me? I have informed my father, but he told me to wait until I graduate from university. What is your response, Honorable Shaykh?
Answer:
Yes. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
(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 فَضْلِهِwhoever 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, for it will diminish his desire.
من استطاع منكم الباءه فليتزوج فانه اغض للبصر واحصن للفرج ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فانه له وجاBut let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty.
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 06--21-11-1432 — archive.org (47:13)
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