No Bachelorhood in Islâm

Imâm Ahmad – Allâh have mercy in him – said:

{Voluntary] bachelorhood has nothing to do with Islâm. The Prophet – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him – married fourteen women, and he died being married to nine of them. If Bishr b. Al-Hârith had married, his affairs would be complete. If people left marrying no one would go to battle or go on pilgrimage (Al-Hajj), and such-and-such wouldn’t happen.

He went on to say:

The Prophet – Allâh’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.

Abû Bakr Al-Marrûdhî, Kitâb Al-Wara’ p116, 117.

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December 23, 2007 - الأحد 15 ذو الحجة 1428

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4 Responses to “No Bachelorhood in Islâm”

  1. Hussein on July 20, 2009 - الاثنين 29 رجب 1430 22:56

    masha allah awosame saying

  2. Noorah on May 14, 2010 - الجمعة 02 جمادى الثانية 1431 00:47

    brother, can you please mention the wives?

  3. Single on May 19, 2010 - الأربعاء 07 جمادى الثانية 1431 13:44

    Alhamdulillah I have chosen not to marry because in my case it so happens to be better for my deen. Allah knows best & if the day should ever come when this situation is reversed then I would be obliged to consider marriage for the sake of my deen regardless of how undesirable it may be to me.

  4. mawdu on June 7, 2010 - الاثنين 26 جمادى الثانية 1431 17:18

    Allâhumma salli 'alâ sayyidinâ Muhammadin wa 'alâ âlihî wa as-hâbihî ajma'în!