Some young men justify their reluctance to marry by claiming devotion to Allah and seclusion from the world. What is your comment on this?
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The questioner : Shaykh Muhammad, some young men justify their reluctance to marry by claiming devotion to Allah and seclusion from the world. What is your comment on this?
The Shaykh : Our comment on this is that this excuse is a defective excuse, indeed it is a dead one.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rejected the idea of seclusion from those of his Companions who desired it, and he said:Sahih Muslim 1401.
And let this man know that marriage is an act of worship, indeed it is among the best of acts of worship. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have explicitly stated that marriage, along with the desire for it, is better than voluntary acts of worship. Many scholars have explicitly stated that it is obligatory, meaning marriage. There is no doubt that the reward for an obligatory act is greater than the reward for a recommended act, and the obligatory is more beloved to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) than the voluntary, as Allah the Exalted said in the Holy Hadith:. In this hadith, there is clear evidence that Allah the Exalted loves the obligatory more than He loves the voluntary. The fact that He made it obligatory for the servants, requiring them to perform it, is a witness to this, for it is due to Allah’s love for it that He made it obligatory. This indicates its firmness in the sight of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
So we advise this man, or these young men who justify themselves with this defective, indeed dead, excuse, to fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and to marry in obedience to the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and following his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Sunnah of his brothers among the messengers (peace and blessings be upon them), and in order to increase the Muslim community and that Allah may benefit through them. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Our comment on this is that this excuse is a defective excuse, indeed it is a dead one.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rejected the idea of seclusion from those of his Companions who desired it, and he said:
I observe fast and suspend observing them; I marry women also? And he who turns away from my Sunnah, he has no relation with Me
أنا أصوم وأفطر وأقوم وأنام وأتزوّج النساء فمن رغِب عن سنتي فليس منيAnd let this man know that marriage is an act of worship, indeed it is among the best of acts of worship. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have explicitly stated that marriage, along with the desire for it, is better than voluntary acts of worship. Many scholars have explicitly stated that it is obligatory, meaning marriage. There is no doubt that the reward for an obligatory act is greater than the reward for a recommended act, and the obligatory is more beloved to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) than the voluntary, as Allah the Exalted said in the Holy Hadith:
My servant does not draw near to me with anything more beloved to me than what I have made obligatory for him, and my servant continues to draw near to me with voluntary acts until I love him.
ما تقرّب إليّ عبدي بشيء أحب إليّ مما افترضت عليه ولا يزال عبدي يتقرب إلي بالنوافل حتى أحبهSo we advise this man, or these young men who justify themselves with this defective, indeed dead, excuse, to fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and to marry in obedience to the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and following his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Sunnah of his brothers among the messengers (peace and blessings be upon them), and in order to increase the Muslim community and that Allah may benefit through them. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.