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(Lawful to you in marriage) are chaste women from the believers and chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time when you have given their due Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), desiring chastity (i.e., taking them in legal wedlock) not committing illegal sexual intercourse, nor taking them as girl-friends.” [Sūrah Al-Mā’idah (5):5]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1978\" data-start=\"1832\"\u003eHowever, many Muslim predecessors (Salaf) disliked that a Muslim man marries a woman from the People of the Book if he could marry a Muslim woman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maktabatul-Irshad Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52307667583289,"sku":"TIBC0313","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/9306\/2201\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_15b8470b-7b6b-4cec-b5f9-317e25218774.jpg?v=1778693021"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-marriage-from-the-explanation-of-bulugh-al-maraam-1","title":"The Book of marriage From The Explanation of Bulugh Al-Maraam Part 1 By Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymin","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"59\"\u003eAbu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) reported, the Prophet (ﷺ) said,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"222\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"222\"\u003e“A woman is married for four reasons: for her wealth, for her class, for her beauty or for her piety. Select the pious, may your hand be rubbed in the dust!”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"363\"\u003eIn this Hadith, this is a reference that men’s most desirable marriage purposes revolve around these four: wealth, class, beauty and piety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"408\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"408\"\u003eThere are some benefits in this Hadith:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"553\"\u003e• There is no problem if anyone marries a woman for her wealth because the Prophet (ﷺ) approved this but he urged to marry the religious woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"654\"\u003e• There is no problem if the man marries a woman for her class to upgrade himself and his children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"871\"\u003e• The woman can be married for her beauty. So, there is no problem if she is married for her beauty. Maybe the man likes beauty and cannot stand looking at a woman who is not as men are so different in this respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"945\"\u003e• A woman may be married for her piety even if this is the only purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1029\"\u003e• The best one of these purposes is to marry a woman for her piety as he (ﷺ) said,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1091\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1091\"\u003e“Select the pious, may your hand be rubbed in the dust.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1313\"\u003e• Everyone should follow the Prophet’s advice. However, nowadays, most people marry a woman for her beauty and others for her wealth and class. Are these the only purposes? 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Allah, the Most High, says,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “And those, who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes).”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In this manner, the person should, or rather must, act moderately in acts of obedience. So you should not burden yourself with what you cannot bear because when the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) heard about the three individuals, one of whom said, “Indeed, I will not wed women,” and the second said, “I will observe fasting and never break it,” and the third said, “I will stand up in prayer at night and will not sleep”; he (alayhi salatu wa salaam) delivered a speech in which he said\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, “What is the matter with those who say such and such? Indeed, I pray at night and sleep, I observe fasting and break it, and I wed women? 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