The Book of marriage From The Explanation of Bulugh Al-Maraam Part 1 By Shaykh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymin

Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) reported, the Prophet (ﷺ) said,

“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!”

In this Hadith, this is a reference that men’s most desirable marriage purposes revolve around these four: wealth, class, beauty and piety.

There are some benefits in this Hadith:

• 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.

• There is no problem if the man marries a woman for her class to upgrade himself and his children.

• 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.

• A woman may be married for her piety even if this is the only purpose.

• The best one of these purposes is to marry a woman for her piety as he (ﷺ) said,

“Select the pious, may your hand be rubbed in the dust.”

• 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? No, the proof is in the above-mentioned Hadith,

“Marry the one who is fertile and loving.”