وَاَنْكِحُوا الْاَيَامٰى مِنْكُمْ وَالصّٰلِحِيْنَ مِنْ عِبَادِكُمْ وَاِمَآئِكُمْ اِنْ يَّكُوْنُوْا فُقَرَآءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيْمٌ (32)
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Quran Surah:24 Ayah:32
“And arrange the marriage of the spouse-less among you, and the capable from among your bond-men and bond-girls. If they are poor, Allah will enrich them out of His grace. And Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.”
Explanation:
In fact, these days, the rape cases have become the order of the day and are still on increase. Usually, a great turmoil is observed and a number of well-thought-out ways are employed whenever any serious incident takes a place; rather a special law haw had been passed in this regard, but, tragically enough, there is seen no decreased in these events. On the contrary:
مرض بڑھتا گیا جوں جوں دوا کی
With the cure, the ailment kept on deteriorating.
The reason appears to be that no correct and effected remedy is found out in this respect; instead, having different laws and punishments passed is regarded as its only solution while the fact is that the only effective way to cure any ailment and curb any evil is to find it out its root cause and take such an effective measures that allow them not even to take place again. It is, therefore, said that:
“اَلْوِقَایَۃُ خَیْرٌ مِنَ الْعِلاَجِ” meaning ‘Prevention is better than cure’.
In the verse appearing above, there have been mentioned some precaution measure to combat the rape cases. Hence, today, we need to bring them in public notice in order to curb this evil from our society.
The first thing pointed out in this regard is that none should remain unmarried in the society as said: وَاَنْکِحُوْا الْاَیَامٰی مِنْکُمْ “And arrange the marriage of the spouse-less among you.” The reason for this commandment is that if any individual remains unmarried and he does not find legal sources to appease his carnal desires, it will cause to fulfill his desires through illegal sources allowing the rape cases flourish in the society. Thus, marrying is the only legal source to curb this evil. It is for this reason that, when a blessed companion, Hazrat Usman bin Maz’oon (R.T.A.) wished to be emasculated, the Holy Prophet ﷺ forbade him to do so, rather exhorted him to get married saying: اَلنِّکَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِیْ further he said, فَمَنْ رَغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِیْ فَلَیْسَ مِنِّیْ meaning, “Marriage is part of my Sunnah, and whoever does not follow my Sunnah has nothing to do with me i.e. he is not entitled to be one of my true followers. It is, therefore, necessary that anyone among either he is male or female, widowed or divorced, freed or slave, should be married.
This issue becomes rather grave when marriage is delayed. Hence, the children should be married as soon as they become mature enough – so that – they are protected from being involved in the evil practice of committing illegal fornication. Therefore, the Holy Prophet ﷺ is reported to have instructed us: ‘Do not postpone three things: prayer when it is time for it, funeral when it is ready and the marriage of children when they become mature’.
Similarly, at another place, the Holy Prophet ﷺ is reported to have said: ‘If the children are not married after they attain maturity, and, by chance, if they involve in any evil, it will be their parents who will be responsible for their sins.
Another important thing declared here is that, here, it has not been said that those of unmarried among should get married, rather what has been instructed is that arrangements should be made for their marriage, in other words, what is meant to be said here is that though it is the self-responsibility of the unmarried ones to get married, but, these are their guardians and associates who are more strictly pointed out to be responsible in this regard in the words ‘you must get them married.’ – so to speak – it is the bounden duty of each and every responsible individual for striving and exerting his efforts to serve this purpose. On the contrary, if the parent and guardians grow indifferent to this responsibility, they will be held responsible in a sense.
Generally, the marriages are delayed on the pretext of hardship in non stability in sustenance, but, here it is clarified that even this thing should not be a hurdle in this cause, says Allah, the Almighty: اِنْ یَّکُوْنُوْا فُقَرَآئَ یُغْنِہِمُ اﷲُ مِنْ فَضْلِہٖ meaning, ‘if they are poor, Allah will enrich them out of His grace’. In other words, one should make all possible attempts to observe this responsibility even if he lacks in financial resources, as, it is Allah, who, by His grace, will make some way out of this problem. Practically, it does happen that, when a man is under some pressure, he puts up more attempts with the result that he gets some way out of his problem. Once a man’s circle is generalized and he gets more support from others, he comes up with some fresh opportunities along-with a solution to his problem. More possibly, if a woman with whom he is married, is affluent and blessed one, it may lessen the financial problems. In this regard, the very marriage account of Hazrat Ali (R.T.A.) and Hazrat Fatimah (R.T.A.) severs to be a brilliant ideal for us. Hence, we should bring into light this third one way of marriage too.
It is reported on the authority of Hazrat Ali (R.T.A.) that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Three people have a right to Allah’s help: (1) the warrior in Allah’s path, (2) the Mukatab who resolves to pay (3) and the one who marries with intention of being chaste.” (Tirmizi)
These days, the expenses of marriage are also stands to be a great problem when it comes to financial hardship. Hence, it should be borne in mind that only if one is married simply rather than practicing extravagance and showing of in marriage ceremonies, there will surely remain no problem at all. We must never forget the standard of it provided by our beloved messenger ﷺ who said: ‘The best Nikah is one which constitutes the least of expenses.’ (Ahmad)
Similarly, the Holy Prophet ﷺ is reported to have said: اَکْثَرْھُنَّ بَرْکَۃً اَقَلُّھُنَّ صَدَاقاً meaning the most blessed among the women is one the dower of whose is the least. (Hakim)
One of many factors of delay in marriages is the searching of the standard of one’s own choice, as a result, a couple of months are spent in finding out each and every good characteristic and virtue in the concerned pair of spouses which results in the boys and girls fall prey to the heinous sins. It is something the solution of which is also pointed out in the Holy Qura’n in a beautiful manner. The first and foremost thing we need to keep in our mind that not everyone is destined to possess each and every good characteristic, and, hence, we should have some preferences in this regard based on our primary objectives. Obviously, for a Muslim, nothing is more preferable than piety.
It is for this reason that the Holy Prophet ﷺ is reported to have instructed us: “A woman is married for four things, i.e., her wealth, her family status, her beauty and her religion. So you should marry the religious woman.” The reason to do so is that it is through which we can serve the real purpose of Nikah. Probably, it is in view of this that marrying a disbeliever is forbidden in Islam. In this regard, the Holy Qura’n has gone even to such extent that a believer should prefer a believing maid-servant for marriage even if he likes a disbelieving woman, since she might be a means of leading him to the Hell-fire.
On the other hand, a believing woman is certain to lead one to Paradise as well as bear the righteous and pious offspring. It is, therefore, necessary to take this reality into consideration and avoid delaying marriages in search of the standards of our choice. On this point, better if one keeps in his mind the blessed saying of the Holy Prophet ﷺ: “When a man with whose religion and character you are satisfied comes to you, marry him. Unless you do it, there would be mischief on earth, and corruption.” (Tirmizi, Ibne Majah)
Since, these days, the people have grown more indifferent to this reality, we can easily see its bad result. May Allah, the Almighty save us all from this mischief and grant us right understanding!