What is the ruling on the women who belong to the Bidadr al-Salam associations who do not get married on the pretext that they are married to the Lord of the Worlds, seeking refuge in Allah?

The questioner : The second question: We have learned that the women who belong to these associations do not get married, and someone we trust told us about a relative of his: that some of them do not get married on the pretext that she is married to the Lord of the Worlds, seeking refuge in Allah. What is the ruling on that, may Allah preserve you?

The Shaykh : This is, on the one hand, shirk (associating partners with Allah), and on the other hand, misguidance, and the bitterest of the two is bitter, as they say. Indeed, an expression like "she is married to the Lord of the Worlds" parallels the Jews and the Christians, pardon me, the Christians in particular, who believe that Allah has a partner, and as they say: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is free from needing the worlds. So the expression that she is married parallels the claim that Allah married Maryam, as those disbelievers say. As for the misguidance, it is that she does not get married, and marriage is obligatory (fard) for every Muslim man and woman. This is due to his (peace be upon him) saying: . And this is, in reality, among the many proofs that cannot be counted which support what we said in the answer to the first question, that those who follow these paths deviate from the Book and the Sunnah in the name of following the path. This is the example before you in this second question. So the girls do not get married, and among them is this one who says that she is married to the Lord of the Worlds. So not getting married means monasticism, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Then, the path of monasticism in Christianity confirms that it is a name with no reality. The scandals of the monks with the nuns are spoken of by the Christians themselves, let alone the Muslims. So what protects this girl or those girls if they do not get married, and every one of them is created with a love for marriage and sexual intercourse, as is the case with men? If this desire is not channeled through the lawful path, there is no doubt that it will be channeled through an unlawful path, and this opens a great door of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) from the moral aspect, as this question makes us feel, unfortunately.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.