lolz at "100% jannati".... IMO, getting married is just one step. What you do after marriage, i.e., how you treat your spouse, is an entirely separate field. For some people, judging by the divorce rates and judging by their behaviour towards their spouse, it's probably better for them NOT to get married.
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Nadia, i understand what ur saying, and fully agree with it, but i find it strange that in the general lingo, ppl use such statements like 50% of ur religion etc. Saying this and then giving an explanation like the one u gave, make it seem as if the only thing what religion is about is shaadi and ur personal relation with the ppl involved as a result of the shaadi. Although i know what they are trying to say, i find such statements not good, cuz they somehow in my opinion downgrade the importance of other things. I'm not very fond of giving numbers to things in religion. Religion for me is a DYNAMIC process, which shudn't be tightened by usage of numbers.
Just to give another example: ppl who say farz namaaz counts 70 times more than nafal etc. All those numbers are for me a degradation to religion
Sorry, Nescio, i didn't mean to give that impression. i was just trying to quote the ahadith i remembered. Whether it's marriage, prayers, charity, infact ANY act - it's all about the niyat and there is always manifestly much more to it than simply undertaking that act. Simply signing a nikah paper would not ensure you go to heaven just as praying five times a day while not taking care of orphans or the poor, wouldn't guarantee it either. IMO.
^exactly Nadia. unfortunately cuz of misnomers, the real meaning of various acts remains underlit and these things end up become sort of rituals instead of just ways to perform religion
Now, we can go on about whether its 50% of religion or 25% of the religion, that by itself, does not make it farz. And actions become farz by direct orders of the Almighty, not by inference or omission. Like, since we say "cleanliness is half imaan", can we also say 'cleanliness' is 'farz'?
I still believe **after reading surah mominoon in context of few ahaadeeth that getting married is Fardh **if a person has enough “isteta’at” to do that
Im not sure if its Farz, but its Sunnah for all I know. It is said to be obligatory on men who are able to marry as a way of protection from sins like adultery or fornication. I think a similar statement can be said about women as well.
“And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allâh enriches them of His Bounty” [al-Noor 24:33]
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said “O young men! Whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for this will lower his gaze and protect his chastity. Whoever cannot (get married), then let him fast, for fasting will be a protection for him.”
wow… Islam is democracy .. wow .. wow just ignore the ahaadeeth posted and take the people’s opinion WHICH U LIKE.. let’s make another judgement… I reckon u can make Riba Halal this way too
Well the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said that one who does not marry is not amongst his people.
When a person marries he fulfills half of his Islamic duties, did you know this???
Marriage saves the heart, mind and soul from so many evil actions, thoughts and actual done sins.
Marriage is the key to becoming a good person and a person who commits lesser sins than an unmarried person.... (because he does and has things that umarried men and women only have in their fantasy or long for).
