Mustafa al-Muhaajir
26th December 2007, 08:01 AM
Imaam Ahmad – Allaah have mercy on him – said:
"[Voluntary] bachelorhood has nothing to do with Islaam. The Prophet – Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – married fourteen women, and he died being married to nine of them. If Bishr b. Al-Haarith had married, his affairs would be complete. If people left marrying no one would go to battle or go on pilgrimage, and such-and-such wouldn’t happen."
He went on to say:
"The Prophet – Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – would wake in the morning and his family would have nothing to eat and go to bed at night and they would have nothing to eat, [yet] he died married to nine wives, he chose marriage and encouraged others to marry."
Imaam Ahmad – Allaah have mercy on him – also said:
"There is nothing better for a woman than a man, and there is nothing better for a man than a woman."
Taawuus said,
“A woman is half of a man’s religion.”
Abu Bakr Al-Marrudhi, Kitaab Al-Wara’ p116-117.
"[Voluntary] bachelorhood has nothing to do with Islaam. The Prophet – Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – married fourteen women, and he died being married to nine of them. If Bishr b. Al-Haarith had married, his affairs would be complete. If people left marrying no one would go to battle or go on pilgrimage, and such-and-such wouldn’t happen."
He went on to say:
"The Prophet – Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – would wake in the morning and his family would have nothing to eat and go to bed at night and they would have nothing to eat, [yet] he died married to nine wives, he chose marriage and encouraged others to marry."
Imaam Ahmad – Allaah have mercy on him – also said:
"There is nothing better for a woman than a man, and there is nothing better for a man than a woman."
Taawuus said,
“A woman is half of a man’s religion.”
Abu Bakr Al-Marrudhi, Kitaab Al-Wara’ p116-117.