{"id":18370,"date":"2020-11-20T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=18370"},"modified":"2020-11-20T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:15:13","slug":"if-a-woman-does-not-want-to-get-married-can-she-stay-unmarried-for-her-whole-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/if-a-woman-does-not-want-to-get-married-can-she-stay-unmarried-for-her-whole-life\/","title":{"rendered":"If a Woman Does Not Want to Get Married, Can She Stay Unmarried for Her Whole Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 04584<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by: Maulana Muhammad Imad Ali<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tIf a woman does not want to get married, can she stay unmarried for her whole life?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt has been reported by al-Bayhaqi in his Shu’ab-Al-Iman that: “When a person gets married, he\/she has completed half of their religion\/faith\/deen”<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tThis unravels the importance of marriage and how Great a Sunnah it is of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). There are many benefits of marriage; it helps a person overcome many of the traps Shaitaan has put before them. Marriage also helps one to lower one gaze’s and guard one’s own chastity.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tMarriage teaches the spouses to live a chaste life and fulfill their sexual desires, social needs and emotions, and many more with as much content in a lawful way manner.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tImam Ghazali (one of the great Imams) stated in his book on etiquettes of marriage the benefits of Nikah. Here are a few:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n\t\tLowering one's gaze.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  2. \n\t\tProtection from evil desires.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  3. \n\t\tStrengthening oneself for worship.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  4. \n\t\tMujahada (the spiritual struggle of carrying the Haq (right) of one’s family over one).<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  5. \n\t\tHaving a child.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\tMay Allah give us the Tawfeeq (ability) of overcoming these issues and guide us all on the straight path. Aameen.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\tOnly Allah knows best.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tWritten by Maulana Muhammad Imad Ali<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tChecked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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