Marriage: A Religious Requirement
Marriage in Islam is recommended as a
religious requirement.
“Marry those among you who are single and
(marry) your slaves, male and female, that are
righteous” (Quran 24:32)
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) declared:
“When the servant of Allah marries, he has
fulfilled half the (responsibilities laid on him
by the) faith; so let him be God conscious
with respect to the other half”. (Mishkat)
Marriage has also been commended as the
way of the prophets.
“We indeed sent messengers before you (O
Muhammad), and We assigned them wives
and children”. (Quran 13:38)
Marriage, in fact, is specifically considered the
tradition (sunnah) of Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) when he declared:
“Marriage is my Sunnah, whoever disregards
my (sunnah) path is not from among us”. (ibn
Majah)
Islam discourages celibacy and encourages
marriage, as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
recommended:
“Whoever is able to marry, should marry”.
(Bukhari)