Madinat al-Muslimeen Islamic Message Board
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| Anonymous |
| 10/03/01 at 01:34:32 |
Are you supposed to marry young in Islam? |
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| Kathy |
| 10/03/01 at 07:14:56 |
| What is your definition of young? |
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| Hania |
| 10/03/01 at 13:23:22 |
| Yes that's a good point Sr Kathy. It is permissable to marry when you hit puberty and that 'could' mean age 11 for girls/boys or even younger! I think personally the right time to marry is when I find someone I feel very comfortable with and who I am sure I could happily spend the rest of my life with. I've often seen parents who pressurise their kids to marry when they are not ready or feel uncomfortable with the bride/groom to be, and the marriage ends in disaster :( But then again marrying early is a good thing, it prevents the temptation of boyfriend and girlfriend relationships and anything else regarded as haram in Islam. Hania |
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| Kashif |
| 10/03/01 at 16:20:27 |
| assalaamu alaikum The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam did encourage people to marry young, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty" [Bukhari], but there are somethings that you would want to take into consideration before you embark upon this. 1) Can you support a family? Remember, after you get married the chances of begetting children increase. hehe 2) Are you mature enough to handle having another person in your life? 3) How much Islamic knowledge do you want to acquire - as in seriously? Generally its recommended that people who want to study Islam 'properly' (which doesn't mean the odd lecture or a weekly study cirlce) do not get married until later. Kashif Wa Salaam |
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| jannah |
| 10/03/01 at 22:31:46 |
| wlm, We had some related discussion on this topic about how young was too young to have children/get married. There's no strict rule about this in Islam. In Islam you're allowed to get married whenever as long as the conditions for marriage are fulfilled. So now it's mostly a matter of opinion as you can see from the heated discussions' we've had. Check out the threads. Combined about 10+ pages of threads. One of the longest discussions in the history of the Madina: http://www.jannah.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl/YaBB.pl?board=sisters&action=display&num=3914 http://www.jannah.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl/YaBB.pl?board=sisters&action=display&num=4030 |
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| Anonymous |
| 10/03/01 at 22:00:02 |
| Under 22 would be young. |
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