Guidance on Facilitating Marriage and Avoiding Exaggeration in Mahr
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Question:
The dear brother, whose name is symbolized by Abu 'Abid, says: I hope the Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) will direct a word to the guardians to facilitate marriage and make it easy and simple for many young men, as I have three brothers who have reached the age of thirty and have not married due to their lack of means and the absence of money.
Answer:
Yes, marriage should be facilitated, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged it and said, "The most blessed of women are those whose mahr is the easiest." And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) encouraged marriage, saying, "And marry"[An-Nur 24:32] [An-Nur 24:33]. So taking the initiative to marry is required for one who is able to do so, while one who is not able should wait until Allah makes it easy. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him), "O young men" Sunan an-Nasa'i 3208Sahih (Darussalam).
And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said[An-Nur 24:33]. But marriage should be facilitated, and there should be no strictness or exaggeration in mahr, for this hinders marriage and causes much evil. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 16:73 Yes.
The dear brother, whose name is symbolized by Abu 'Abid, says: I hope the Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him) will direct a word to the guardians to facilitate marriage and make it easy and simple for many young men, as I have three brothers who have reached the age of thirty and have not married due to their lack of means and the absence of money.
Answer:
Yes, marriage should be facilitated, for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged it and said, "The most blessed of women are those whose mahr is the easiest." And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) encouraged marriage, saying, "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
الْأَيَامَىٰ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَإِمَائِكُمْ إِن يَكُونُوا فُقَرَاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِBut 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 فَضْلِهِWhoever among you can afford it, let him get married, and whoever cannot then he should fast, for it will be a restraint (wija') for him.
من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج، ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فإنه له وجاءAnd Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said
But 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 فَضْلِهِWhen there comes to you one whose religion and trustworthiness you are pleased with, marry him to her, for if you do not
إذا أتاكم من ترضون دينه وأمانته فزوجوه فإن لم تفعلواthere will be a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) on earth and great corruption
تكن فتنة في الأرض وفساد كبير.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/139 — archive.org (9:18)
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