Damras
January 28, 2018, 12:05pm
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Re: Are contract marriages Islamically legit?
Some on the Shia factions practice that. For rest its not Islamic.
I’d go with the majority rejecting it due to following evidences from Ahadiths:
Divorce is something which is least disliked. Why would a relation being formed with such intentions be allowed?
and as far as early 20s goes, its the lack of character among Muslims. People in tribal areas still do it even before 20s because their faiths are not diverted by worldly attractions. The fault lies in both families infact whole society. Parent’s ego wont allow them to get their teens married. They’d rather spoil them and make them married to a wealthy person even if it takes 30+ years to do so.
We need to change the culture instead of following west blindly and then seeking shortcuts to form temporary relations. We should push our teens men to work a bit so that they can earn a little (very little, just enough to feed someone) so that he be responsible at early age and then get them married ASAP. Other it will only add more to deceptions, illegal relations, rapes, slavery etc.
and this ‘know your partner first’ thing is also pushed in by west. You are not supposed to leave your partner no matter how bad things be. Divorce was meant for very rare anomalies, not for every single person to exercise it.
Beautiful post.
I am editing because I missed the above red lines. Thanks to LP’s latest post. I agree with LP. Divorce is not for rare cases. One case of divorce was marriage of Zaid bin Haritha r.a with Zaynab bint Jahsh r.a. Another case was when Prophet s.a.w permitted a girl to end her marriage who was forced into it.
These days, if a lady finds that her husband is a sicko and is not suitable for her, she may end this marriage. Divorce is needed in many cases.