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Marriage Is The Path To Chastity (21-22)

The document discusses the significance of marriage in Islam as a means to promote chastity and prevent fornication, referencing specific Qur'anic verses. It outlines measures taken by Islam to encourage marriage among youth, preserve chastity, and prohibit prostitution. Additionally, it highlights the societal benefits of facilitating marriage and the importance of maintaining moral integrity within the community.

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Marriage Is The Path To Chastity (21-22)

The document discusses the significance of marriage in Islam as a means to promote chastity and prevent fornication, referencing specific Qur'anic verses. It outlines measures taken by Islam to encourage marriage among youth, preserve chastity, and prohibit prostitution. Additionally, it highlights the societal benefits of facilitating marriage and the importance of maintaining moral integrity within the community.

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Marriage is

the path to
chastity
(Surat An-Nur)
32-34

UNIT 4, LESSON 1
Learning Objectives:

– To identify the meanings of Qur’anic vocabulary.


– To infer measures of combating adultery.
– To analyze the significance of the holy verses.
Success Criteria:

– All would be able to explain the meanings and significance of the


holy verses.
Step 1

– Think of the hazards attendant on the failure to facilitate marriage and write
down three of them.
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Qur’anic vocabulary:

‫ األيامي‬- A man or woman without spouse


‫ الكتاب‬- A contract between a slave and his owner
‫ ملكت أيمانكم‬- The men and women considered as the property of
one
‫ البغاء‬- Fornication for an agreed sum of money
Translation:

– 32. And marry such of you as solitary and the pious of your slaves
and maid servants. If they be poor; Allah will enrich them of His
bounty. Allah is of ample means, All Aware.
Translation:

– 33. And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah
gives them independence by His grace. And such of your slaves as
seek a writing (of emancipation), write it for them if you are aware
of anything of good in them, and bestow upon them of the wealth
of Allah which He has bestowed upon you. Force not your slave
girls to whoredom that you may seek transient gains of the life of
the world, if they would preserve their chastity. And if one force
them, then (unto them), after their compulsion, Lo! Allah will be
Oft-Forgiving, All-Merciful.
Translation;

– 34. And verily We have sent down for you revelations that make
plain, and the example of those who passed away before you. An
admonition unto those who ward off (evil).
Significance of the verses:

– Preventive measure to deter fornication:


In building its social system, Islam depends on the prevention of
crime before it occurs. It does not militate against innate motives,
but seeks to organize them and restrict the chances of seduction and
eradicate the elements of temptation.
Significance of the verses:

– Explanation of the ayat: ‫َوْلَيْس َتْعِفِف اَّلِذيَن اَل َيِج ُدوَن ِنَكاًح ا َح َّتٰى ُيْغِنَيُهُم الَّلـُه ِمن‬
‫( َفْضِلِه‬And those who cannot afford marriage should keep chaste until Allah
enriches them out of His grace - 24:33). ` It means that the people who do not
have the material wealth for the marriage, and in case they marry, there is the
risk of not fulfilling the rights of wife and their becoming sinners, they should
wait with patience until Allah grants them riches from His bounty. A method has
been stated in the hadith for achieving the required patience, which is keeping
fasts abundantly. If they will follow the advice, Allah Ta` a1a will grant them so
much material resources that they will be able to afford the expenses of
marriage.
Measures taken by Islam to prevent
fornication include:

– First, Urging youth to marry:


– The Muslim society is characterized by security; it primarily consists in creating a community
where quietness, tranquility, stability and happiness prevail over all, individuals and groups.
– In this community all are inclined towards solidarity and cooperation to sustain means of
comfort and happiness to every one especially youth.
– The holy verses were revealed to urge guardians to facilitate marriage to unmarried young
ones. This facilitation process comprises the provision of suitable accommodation, job
opportunities, reasonable dowries and economical weddings and parties.
– The United Arab Emirates has provided houses, established a marriage fund, built wedding
halls and taken other measures to assist young men in getting married and thus realizes an
important goal (maqsad ‫ )مقصد‬of Sharia, namely, the preservation of honor and progeny.
Hadeeth Shareef:

– The Messenger, peace be upon him, said:


“O young men, whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more
effective in lowering the gaze and guarding one’s chastity. And whoever cannot afford it
should fast, for it be a shield for him.”
(Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Propose a solution:

– In cooperation with your group, propose a new solutions to the


problem of expensive dowries.
UAE

– Think about the objectives of establishing the marriage fund in


UAE.
Measures taken by Islam to prevent
fornication include:

– Second, Preserving one’s chastity:


– Every society contains young men who are in the age of marriage, but they
cannot afford the cost of marriage. Those young men who cannot afford the
cost of marriage must preserve their chastity.
– This means they must persistently maintain chastity and gracious morals and
avoid doing things forbidden by their society. In the same time they must
seriously and diligently continue working on realizing their goals and aspirations
out of confidence in their Lord, ‫عزوجَل‬, and His promise:
“….till Allah gives them independence by His grace.”
Hadeeth Shareef:

– The Messenger (s) said, ""There are three types of people whom it is a right
upon Allah to help and assist" until he said, "and the one who makes nikah
(marriage) intending chastity" (Narrated by an-Nasa 'i).
– A man who turns chastity and purity into the goal of his endeavors and deeds in
his quest to obey his Lord, Allah ( ‫ )تعالي‬will facilitate his journey through life
and assist him in fulfilling his goals. Allah ( ‫ )تعالي‬says:
“….Lo! Allah is with the steadfast” (Surat Al-Baqarah: 153)
Measures taken by Islam to prevent
fornication include:

– Third, Prohibiting prostitution and closing all ways leading to it


– Islam has forbidden fornication in general especially prostitution, which is
fornication for a wage ( ‫الدعارة‬whoredom).
– Prostitution is not an individual crime occurring between two persons as the case is
with fornication. Rather it is trading in sex managed through a group headed by a
criminal who facilitates the process of prostitution and incites others to engage in
so as to realize material interests.
– Prostitution is also prohibited by human and international laws especially that it has
taken the form of trading with many attendant crimes like abduction, coercion,
murder and drug abuse in addition to the humiliation of human dignity.
Third, Prohibiting prostitution and closing all ways leading to it

– Islam anticipated future legislations when it prohibited prostitution and freed slaves
especially slave women who were a means of earning money and increasing the number
of slave children.
– When Islam prohibited prostitution and commanded marrying slave women, it opened a
wide door for freeing slaves and preserving human dignity.
– This was exactly like the mukataba contract, which gave slaves the right to set themselves
free according to an agreement between the two parties: the slave and the
slaveholder. To encourage this, Islam commanded Muslims to pay to the slave with a
mukataba contract from their own money and from Zakat fund to set himself free.
– This phenomenon of slavery came to an end; but some people are trying to reinvent it in
new forms such as the white slave trade, which the UAE and the rest of the world are
combating.
The White Slave Trade:

– This is a modern term given to exploiting women and forcing them


to practice prostitution and other deviant practices.
Notes:

1. Why Islam encourages the marriage?


Ans: Islam encourages the marriage because in building its social
system, Islam depends on the prevention of crime before it occurs. It
does not militate against innate motives but seeks to organize and
restrict the chances of seduction and eradicate the elements of
temptation.
2. Explain the measures take by Islam to prevent fornication.
Ans: The measures taken by Islam to prevent fornication include:
First, urging youth to marry
The Muslim society is characterized by security; it primarily consists in creating a community where
quietness, tranquility, stability and happiness prevail over all, individuals and groups. In this community all are
inclined towards solidarity and cooperation to sustain means of comfort and happiness to everyone especially
youth. The holy verses were revealed to urge guardians to facilitate marriage to unmarried young ones.
Second, preserving one’s chastity
Every society contains young men who are in the age of marriage, but they cannot afford the cost of marriage.
Those young men who cannot afford the cost of marriage must preserve their chastity. This means they must
persistently maintain chastity and gracious morals and avoid doing things forbidden by their society.
Third, prohibiting prostitution and closing all ways leading to it
Islam has forbidden fornication in general especially prostitution, which is fornication for a wage. Prostitution
is also prohibited by human and international laws especially that it has taken the form of trading with many
attendant crimes like abduction, coercion, murder and drug abuse in addition to the humiliation of human
dignity.
3. Explain whoredom (‫)الدعارة‬.
Ans: Islam has forbidden fornication in general especially
prostitution, which is fornication for a wage (‫ الدعارة‬whoredom). It is
a trading sex managed through a group headed by a criminal who
facilitates the process of prostitution.

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