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Marriage
Problems.
Marriage itself is a Sunnah, which means that it is
recommended, not obligatory to us. Therefore, if a
Muslim does not marry throughout his life, he commits no
sin, although he has chosen a course for his life
different from that recommended by the Prophet. The
recommendation is made in the strongest of terms, as the
Prophet says: "Marriage is my way, (i.e. Sunnah) and a
person who disdains to follow my way does not belong to
me." Yet the emphasis put on the recommendation is only
to heighten its desirability. It is not to be understood
from this hadith that a person who remains unmarried
throughout his life removes himself from the fold of
Islam or even commits a sin. |
