Ahsan Hanif – Half Your Religion – The Virtues of Marriage

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			When we look at the Sharia of Allah subhanho wa Taala and we look at the Quran and mystery and
analyze the Quran, as well as the Sunnah of our Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam. We find that this
religion that Allah azza wa jal has given us is a comprehensive rewrite of religion, or religion,
which from which we can deduce and derive all of the different aspects of our lives that we need in
order to live as Muslims who are inshallah following the book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam attempting to follow the guidance that Allah has given us and keep
steadfast on the straight path, as well as an extension to that being people who need to live their
		

			lives. We have families, we have children, we have jobs, we have studies, all of those affairs that
we need as humans to exist in this dunya. Allah subhana wa Taala has given us a way to accomplish
that balance between the two. And so Allah subhanaw taala when you look in the Quran, when you look
in the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Rarely is there an issue if ever, except
that you will be able to derive its ruling from the Quran or the Sunnah, either directly or
indirectly, directly, meaning that a large syllogism explicitly gives you that ruling. This is the
ruling of Riba. This is the ruling of buying and selling, this is the ruling of hijab and so on and
		

			so forth. Or it is indirect, meaning that you can deduce the ruling from the principles that have
gone on and the sooner has mentioned, even though he may not specifically mentioned that issue to
you. And that's why when we look today, at the world that we live in all of these different issues
that come up, whether that be like modes of transport, whether that be financial issues, banking,
whether that be for example, medical issues, the scholars of Islam are able to give rulings. Is it
halal? or haram? Is it something recommended or disliked? Is this something that conforms to our
religion, or the contradicts our religion, and they do this through deriving and reducing those
		

			rules of Islam. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned all of this to us, one of the
most amazing aspects of this religion, that I would highly recommend every single one of you to
study that if you had to choose a science of Islam study, after studying your basic tauheed what you
need to know as a believer of Allah subhanaw taala, after studying your basic faith, how to worship
Allah, how to pray, how to make more dough, and so on. After you have that basic stuff down. One of
the greatest sciences of Islam that I would recommend for you to study is a science known as
McCarthy, the Sharia, the objectives and the goals of the Sharia. And it is one of the most
		

			beautiful sciences of Islam that you can ever study. And all of the sciences of Islam are beautiful,
but it is beautiful, because this science in particular because it gives you an oversight, an
overview of Islam, of the Sharia, of what Allah subhanho wa Taala sent down to us of what the
prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was giving to us through His practical life and example, what is
the goal behind every single ruling that Allah has given us? What is the objective behind many of
the rulings of the Sharia? And so that's why when you look at clothing, for example, what's the
objective behind these rulings? So for example, you have the rulings of hijab, the rulings of
		

			modesty for men and women, the rulings of lowering your gaze for men and women, and so on and so
forth. These individually are rulings halal haram do don't do. They are rulings. But what is the
overall objective behind those rulings? What is the goal of the Sharia? What is the wisdom if you
like, behind those rulings of the Sharia? Why did Allah subhana wa Taala legislators for us and when
you study this, and you understand this and you appreciate this, then you will greatly appreciate
Islam, and you will appreciate the rulings of Islam and it will allow you to understand in a better
way, why Allah subhanho wa Taala wanted you to do something or didn't want you to do something. For
		

			example, if you have a young child
		

			And your child at home is at home and they're playing with a boy or girl they're playing in the
kitchen. And all of a sudden they pick up a knife, and it's a sharp knife. You as the parent, as the
Guardian, older brother, sister, whatever relationship you have, you go and you * that knife
from the child, maybe even shout at the child, rebuke the child, so that the child doesn't go back
and pick up that knife again. What does the child do? The child starts to cry, starts to cry. Why?
Because the child believes that it's been oppressed, that you as an elder has have a presto child,
you've taken away a toy. So the child begins to cry. Now, if looking from the child's point of view,
		

			from their prison, the way they see things, they see it as oppression, injustice, you're a volume,
or you've just depressed this child. But if you were to go to any adult, anyone that understands the
objective behind your action, the wisdom behind it, instead of calling you someone that's
oppressive, someone that's unjust, they will do the opposite. They will say that, in fact, you're
extremely merciful. You had the care, and the well being of the child in the forefront of your mind
that lead you to do this action. And they will see it from their point of view, and even a child
when they grow up, and they can better understand the gravity of the issue. If that child now was
		

			1516. And you told them that many years ago, this is what you did, the child would now appreciate
why you took away that a knife, they wouldn't crave attention that story to them at the age of 15.
They want to like remember that incident and begin to cry because of the pain that they found. No,
they understand now, the objective behind it. And that is what Allah subhanho wa Taala has given to
us from the blessings that he gives us in the knowledge of Islam, that you can understand the
objectives behind what Allah subhanho wa Taala is legislating. Now that's not always the case. There
are certain things that the wisdoms behind them, you don't understand that knowledge is with Allah
		

			alone. But for many things, Alonzo vigil has given us the objectives and goals. And that's why the
science of mikaze the Sharia the goals and objectives behind the Sharia. It is an amazing science to
study. So for example, when you look throughout the Quran, and the Sunnah, throughout all of the
different rulings of Islam, you find that one of the greatest maqasid of the Sharia, one of the
greatest goals and objectives of the Sharia is the preservation of life, the preservation of life,
when you understand that, that is the golden objective of the Sharia, he makes things so much easier
for you, makes things so much easier for you, you cannot understand many, many of the rulings of
		

			Islam. And that's why, for example, if you were fasting in the month of Ramadan, and you're walking
by the banks of a river, and in the river, there's someone that's drowning, they're about to drown,
you have an option now, do you preserve your fast? And you just walk by and leave them? Or try to
help them in some other way? Or do you jump into the river with the real threat that you may break
your fast that you may consume some water, and you're fast and breaks, but you end up saving that
life, when you understand what the goal of the shehryar is that one of its most important aspects is
the preservation of life, then you understand that in that situation, you would jump into the river,
		

			even if it meant breaking your fast, and you go on you save that life, because that is a greater
goal of the Sharia than just you fasting, even though fasting in the month of Ramadan, is that one
of the greatest acts of worship that you can perform. So the point of this slightly technical
introduction to this lecture is that inshallah today when we speak about the virtues of marriage,
and we speak about this issue of marriage, I don't want to just quote you, many, many ayat and many,
many a Hadith, of which there are many, by the way, frowning upon Allah and the Sunnah of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that speak about the virtue of marriage. But I also want you or
		

			I want to go through this topic of the virtues of marriage, by looking through the prism of the
objectives and the goals of the Sharia of marriage. What is it that Allah subhanho wa Taala wants
from us? What is the goal of you getting married? Because for many of us, we don't understand the
objectives of the Sharia. We don't understand the goals of the Sharia in many of the things that we
do, we don't understand these goals. And that's why we often find that there are many problems in
these relationships. There are problems in the way that we choose a spouse, a husband, or a
potential husband or a potential wife. There are problems in the way that we deal with our parents
		

			and our other family members. When it comes to this process of choosing a husband and wife.
Everyone's got their own opinion. Everyone's got their own parameter. Everyone's got their own
yardstick that they use to measure things with. Everyone's got their own way. And so this is these
things they can be easily
		

			resolved. And that is when you understand and appreciate the goals of the Sri are behind these
different actions. So when it comes to the issue of marriage, we know that Allah subhanho wa Taala
and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the Sunnah have highly encouraged marriage. And we
will go and mention some of these texts found in the Quran and the Sunnah, that speak about the
virtues of marriage, speak about the recommendation of marriage. But as we go through them, I also
want you to think and inshallah, together, we will deduce some of those objectives of the Sharia
behind marriage. One of the greatest objectives of the shutdown, when it comes to marriage, perhaps
		

			the greatest objective of the Sharia, when it comes to marriage, is that it is someone that will
help you to attain the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala and helped you to enter into Jannah. That
is perhaps one of the greatest if not the greatest, objective, and goal of marriage. Marriage isn't
just something for the dunya it's not just a relationship that you have. That is only for this dunya
meaning that it's only materialistic in its element. For example, you just need someone that will
cook for you. You just need someone that will wash your clothes for you, or your wife needs someone
that can drive you a driver around, or someone that will do the shopping for her or any of these
		

			issues. These are not the goals of the marriage, Allah didn't legislate marriage for you so that you
can find a cook, you can find someone to clean your clothes, you can find a maid a lot didn't
legislate marriage for the woman so she can find a driver, she can find a buddy God you can find
something like that. Marriage has a far greater purpose, a far greater objective and goal. And one
of the greatest of those objectives is that you find someone you will find someone that will help
you in this dunya to attain the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala that will bring you to the
gender of Allah subhanho wa Taala and that's why one of the most famous Hadith that you will find
		

			about the topic of marriage. If I was to ask you name your Hadith about marriage, quote, Hadith to
me about marriage, one of the most common, if not the most common Hadith, that you will find people
narrating is the famous Hadith that marriage is equal to
		

			half your religion. Many of you seem to know that one. Marriage is equal to half your religion, as
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in what is authentically collected in soon and I'll be
happy that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said marriage is equal to half your religion.
Sophia Allah as to the other half. That is one of the most common ahaadeeth that people know right
about marriage. But when did you ever stop to ponder, analyze contemplate the greater meanings of
this Hadeeth if marriage is equal to half your religion, this in and of itself shows that Allah
subhana wa Taala legislated marriage for this one reason for this one reason that it helps you in
		

			your religion helps you in your rebounder helps you in your Eman. Your wife and husband or the wife
or the husband should be helping the opposite spouse, that the spouse of the opposite number they
should be helping them to attain the pleasure of Allah to attain Jenna, they should be bringing them
closer to the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala and that's why you find in the other Hadith of the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam perhaps the second most famous Hadith in this issue of marriage
is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that a woman is married for four reasons. She
is married for her money or she's married for her position in society, which is married for her
		

			beauty or she's married for her religion. For the for me that Dean Terry Bhatia dap. So then choose
the one who has religion, and you will be successful. Again, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
is stressing religion, religion, religion. In another Hadith, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said, as is collected in Sahih, Muslim, the role of the dunya all of the world, it is just
enjoyment. It is just pleasure. And the greatest pleasure that a person can have or that a man can
have, is a righteous wife, not just a woman, not just anyone, not a rich woman, or a beautiful
woman, or any other type of woman, or pious, righteous woman. That is the best thing that you can
		

			attain in this dunya. far better than any call that you can buy any house. That is a mansion that's
nice and comfortable, far better than anything else. It is a righteous, pious wife. And that's why
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in another Hadith, that from the most beloved actions
of Allah to Allah subhanho wa Taala is the wife who during the night she wakes up to play the
tahajjud prayer piano nail and she finds her husband sleeping, so because she wants Good for her for
him. She wakes him up and when
		

			He refuses to wake up she goes and she takes water and she splashes it on his face. That is
something which Allah azza wa jal greatly loves, which Allah subhana wa Taala greatly admires the
woman, the wife, who during the night will have that care for her husband, that she will go to that
extent Why? Because it's not about him, just having good food or having a nice home and a clean home
and so on. It is about him reaching Jana, about him reaching that which Allah azza wa jal, Allah
azza wa jal is pleasure about attaining that together. And that's why when you look at the life of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, from all of the relationships that he had with his wives,
		

			perhaps the greatest relationship that we have as an example for this is his relationship with God
God Allah and how the Prophet salaallah alayhi wa sallam had this relationship of support from her,
how she supported the professor solemn throughout his early years as a prophet and messenger of
Allah subhanho wa Taala. And she was the one that he went to when he first received revelation. And
he came down from the Cave of Hira didn't go to Abu Bakar didn't go to his uncle Abu Talib didn't go
to anyone else. He went to his wife Khadija, the Allahu Allah, and she was the one who supported
him. She was the one who consoled him. She was the one who took him to a cousin waterpark, even
		

			nofal she was the one who then after that, after they realized the gravity of the message that the
prophets on Allah, Allah He will sell them had received after they realized the responsibility that
in our shoulder, she was the one who continue to support him. She was the one who would spend from
her wealth. She was the one who would support him and consoled him and continue to do so until her
death or the long run her. That relationship was so unique, that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam even many years after her death, he continued to remember her. If he sacrificed an animal, he
would give some of that meat to the Friends of Khadija robiola and her, not to the Friends of
		

			Arusha, not to their friends at home. selama, not to the Friends of hafsa and these were all living
wives of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, but to the Friends of Khadija on the Allahu Allah
and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would mentioned her with God, and he would speak about
her with so much good. There are a shout out the Allah who would become jealous of her. Even though
she was no longer living. She is no longer there. She's not even living anymore. She passed away
many years ago, but it would still stir jealousy in her because of the way that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam remembered her in such a fun way. And that's why in the Battle of
		

			button, when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had a number of prisoners of war, from the
people that he had amongst the prisoners of war, was one of his son in laws. I will ask him not
Robin, what that time was a non Muslim. He was a non Muslim. He fought with the pagan Arabs who was
captured, he became a prisoner of war. And so what the what the Macan the Moorish did was that the
ransom the people, the people that were prisoners of war, they paid their ransom, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam set them free. And back to Makkah, who paid the ransom for Apple house.
There was his daughter, her, his wife, his son in law's wife, the daughter of the Prophet sallallahu
		

			alayhi wa sallam, Xena, Brody, Allahu Allah. And even though she was a Muslim, she was married to
him. And she was still in Makkah. So she paid his ransom. How does she pay his ransom, the only
thing of value that she had was the ransom that she could pay with was a golden necklace that
belonged to her mother, her the God among her that she received as a gift on her wedding day from
her mother. And so that's what she gave and the people sent. They gave the ransoms to some they
appointed someone to take the ransoms to the Muslims to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and
so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he was presented with the different ransoms for the
		

			different people, he saw the for Ebola house, there was a golden necklace. And when he looked at
that necklace, he was moved to tears. And he began to cry, because he remembered that that necklace
belonged to his wife, Khadija robiola one that he gave to his daughter, Xena that she gave to her
daughter, Zainab. rhodiola. One hand the day of her wedding. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam whilst he was crying, he said to the companions, the companion who this ransom would have
gone to that if you prefer to set him free, and give back this necklace to my daughter, that would
be more beloved to me. So when they saw how emotional the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam worth,
		

			how much he remembered his wife for the joy of the Allah what they agreed to start him free, and to
return the necklace. Look at how the prophets of Allah
		

			And he will seldom remembered an A piece of jewelry many years after the death of his wife, rhodiola
Juana, that is how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam had that type of relationship with Khadija
rhodiola and her. But what was the crux of that relationship? What was the essence of that
relationship? It was that together, they worship Allah subhana wa harleigh, she supported the
Prophet sallallahu are they he will sell them so that he could achieve that goal. And all of us that
are married or want to get married, we have goals in life, we want to get married, we want to have a
family, we have a goal that we're going to get such and such a job we love such and such a house
		

			will have this many children, so on and so forth. Everyone pans and has goals. But how many of us
from that marriage, our primary goal is the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And when you
understand this objective, then everything else that you do, in terms of the spouse that you choose,
and the reasons why you choose that spouse, and the way that you deal with them. And the way that
the whole family just looks at this relationship will be completely different. Not about money, not
about relationships, how they're related to you not about things about how educated they are. All of
those things have their place and I'm not saying them are important, they have their place, but
		

			overriding them. What is even more important is the pleasure of Allah subhana wa Tada. If you're
going to marry someone, a man or a woman that's extremely wealthy, extremely successful, extremely
educated, but they don't know the rights of Allah. They don't worship Allah. They don't want to
attain the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala then what will benefit will you get from that
marriage? And what benefit will your children have from that marriage? And that's why when we look
in the Quran, and we look at how Allah subhanho wa Taala describes marriage, he mentions this, he
mentions it in this way, referring to it as an act of worship. If you were to marry someone for the
		

			sake of Allah, with that intention, hoping to attain the pleasure of Allah subhana wa Taala. And
your intention is that together you will support and help one another to achieve Jana, then every
single moment of that marriage is an act of worship. It is rabada that is why the prophets on Allah
Who are they He will send them said that it is equal to half the religion. Another example or
another reason why it's half of the religion is because the two main reasons why a person will enter
into the fire of *, as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, will either be because of
their tongues, or because of their private parts. They will sin and disobey Allah using either one
		

			of these two limbs. So when you marry, you protect that limb that's half and then the other half is
the tongue that you fear Allah concerning. Allah subhana wa Taala says concerning the prophets of
Allah, Allah or Sunnah, Rasul Allah min public was your anala whom as Virgin Mobile Maria, we sent
before you are Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we sent before you many messengers, and we gave
to the wives and we gave to them children. Why did Allah subhana wa Taala give to the minds? Why did
they give to them children, the vast majority of them, because those wives and those spouses and
those children would help them to attain the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Look at the story
		

			of Ibrahim alayhis salam, many of his greatest sacrifices, many of his greatest acts of worship
revolve around his family. His merrell alayhi salatu was Salam. He left him and his mother in the
barren desert of Makkah. That's where the story of the Kaaba begins. That's where Zamzam begins.
Then he comes back and he helps is married and he his Salaam to construct the karma. Then he comes
back to sacrifice his marine early his sternum, all of these different acts of worship that today we
perform come back from that and that's why one of the donors that Allah subhanaw taala teaches us in
the Quran is Rob burner habla Ana minars vergina will react in a Rotarian with john Malin Matatini
		

			Mama, Oh our Lord, make from our spouses and I will children, those who will give us coolness to our
eyes, and make us a imams for the righteous. That is that the prophets of Allah that Allah azza wa
jal is teaching us in the Quran to me, we want them to be a coolness for our eyes. And one of the
ways that they will be a coolness for our eyes in this dunya is when they do deeds, and after our
deaths as well, that they do righteous deeds, that they continue to worship Allah, they continue to
obey Allah subhanho wa Taala. And we receive the benefit of that Allah so which will says concerning
the Prophet Zachary or his salam, what will happen? Allahu yahia was lashana Allahu xojo. In surah,
		

			Colombia, that we gave to Zakaria, he said, I'm a son by the name of Uriah and we made righteous for
him.
		

			His wife, that is what Allah azza wa jal refers to many, many a time, this concept of righteousness
and piety within the marriage. And if you have this, if you can attain this, if that is the goal
that you're working for, if that is the objective that you have through this relationship, either
before you look for a spouse, or even if you're already married, you have a spouse, but that is one
of the goals that you now make as part of your relationship. That is something which Allah azza wa
jal once, that is one of the goals and objectives of the Sharia. And that's why often when the
companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would come to the profits or sell them and ask
		

			him for advice, in terms of a spouse, who they should have as a husband or a wife, you find that the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would choose for them. People of righteousness, people of piety
wasn't about who's the most, who's the most wealthy, who's the most prosperous, who's the most
educated, who has the highest position in society, who's the most brave, who's the most handsome or
beautiful? There was about righteousness and piety. And that's why there's a famous story of a smart
bit abubaker rhodiola, who and whom are smart, the daughter of Abu Bakar, of your loved one, she was
married to azubi yBnL one rhodiola one. And Zubair is one of the 10 companions that the Prophet
		

			sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he promised to them paradise, he gave them a guarantee that they will
enter into Jenna, but zubayr not the Allah who was a harsh man in his personality, and sort of smart
rhodiola who and her found that she would have to do a lot of heavy lifting a lot of manual labor.
They were poor, they didn't have any servants, and he made anyone to help them. So she would have to
go and tend to the sheep. And she would have to go and do a lot of manual chores. And she found it
difficult. So she went and she complained to her father, Abubakar robiola one. This is my situation
at home justice Today, many of us do feel married, the husband will go back to his parents, the wife
		

			will go back to her parents when there's issues and they'll say, this is the problem that I'm having
at home. This is the difficulty I'm facing in my mountain life. This is the problems that we have
within our house, and they go back. And so what did Abubakar Allah, say to his daughter, asthma, and
his This is his daughter, not just anyone that's coming to seek advice from him. The closest person
one of the closest, dearest, most beloved people, to him to a person is their children to Abubakar
on the long run, it is his daughter asthma. What advice did he give her? Did he say yes, leave him
we'll find someone who's wealthier. I can give you slaves. He can give you servants give you maids
		

			give you Butler's or leave him or find someone else that's not so demanding or this ABCD he said to
her No, stay with him. For indeed I heard the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam say that in every
single every single prophet has a disciple. And the disciple of my oma for me is a Zubair. So stay
with him. This is what he mentioned in return the profits on Allah, what are they he will sell them
gave him a unique position in this oma, every single prophet has a disciple. And if I were to have a
disciple if I have a disciple, it is available in r1 or rhodiola. One, and he was one of the 10
guaranteed gentlemen, stay with him. It is better for you. And a smile, and azubi are the Allahumma
		

			they had a child by the name of Abdullah Edna Zubair who became one of the greatest companions of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. After the death of many of the Senior Companions, he became
one of the most illustrious companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. But look at the
way the companions understood marriage, the way that they would give advice, the way that they would
speak about these issues. And that's why when Fatima, the Allah who are unhappy, during her
marriage, whether earlier or the long run, they will also poor also found it very difficult. And the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would receive from time to have a war booty or something that
		

			would give him some mouth and he would distribute it amongst the Muslims. So they are the Allah who
answered to Fatima one day, why don't you go to your father and ask him to help us? Ask him to give
us a slave or a servant that we can use our home or ask him to give us some money so that things can
become easier for us. This is the difficulty that they had. So far tomorrow, the Allahu Sangha went
to her father. What did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam say? Did he say yes, tell Ali to get
a better job, tell him to go into business, tell him to get some more money. That's his duty. That's
his job. He is the husband. He is the man of the house. What did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
		

			sallam say? He said, shall I not tell both of you something which would be better than that what
you're asking for, say Subhan Allah 33 times Alhamdulillah 33 times Allahu Akbar 33 times. What an
amazing Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu earlier, he was
		

			Another time the professor Solomon to the house of early and faulty model the Allahumma. And he went
and he saw the situation that they were living in. So he said to them, shall I not tell you of
something that you should do that would be greatly beneficial to you? So they said yes, he said
stand up during the night and pray to Allah. Prayer priamo ln, stand up during the night and pray
the 100 Look at the way the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is giving advice to his daughter and
his son in law. You know, find the Hadith I haven't come across a hadith where the prophets of
Salaam is giving them financial advice, or is giving them advice about how to get a bigger house, or
		

			buy a better camel or something like this. And that doesn't mean that you can't give that advice or
that advice isn't something which someone should give. But look at the priorities of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, look at the issues that he emphasized and stressed for the most beloved
person in his life, one of the most beloved people, his own daughter, fathima rhodiola aranha. So
this is one of the greatest objectives of the Sharia. When it comes to marriage, everything that you
do within marriage should be coming towards this goal. That goal of pleasing Allah subhanho wa Taala
and that's why Allah azza wa jal when he describes the people of Jannah he describes them with their
		

			spouses, whom was word to him fieldly land in Aurora aka Mata Ki one them and their wives will be in
the shades of Jenna upon thrones are on which they will recline. Look at how beautifully Allah
subhanaw taala speaks about the people of Jana. Why? Because the goal isn't that just I go into
Jana, not my wife or my children, or just my wife goes into gender with me and our children. No, the
goal is that me and my wife and I, our children, all of us insha Allah into into Jana, that is our
goal. And that brings us on to the second objective of what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
and Allah azza wa jal stressed concerning marriage, and that is
		

			the element of family, to have a family, children, righteous children, who will not only be a
righteous for you and inshallah give you benefits after your death in your grave and a normal piano,
but they will also be the building blocks of a community, of a society that is upright that is
righteous, that is pious that feels Allah subhanho wa Taala and that's why the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam said, from the many a hadith concerning marriage, does the word Jew for any
MacArthur on become a woman marry, for I want to increase my oma through you. I want to increase my
oma through you. But it's not just about marrying anyone or everyone. It is about marrying someone
		

			who is righteous, so that those children will be righteous by the permission of Allah subhanho wa
Taala. And that is why that, again, at the end of surah, Furqan of Allah make for us to our wives,
and our children, coolness for our eyes. That is what Allah subhana wa Taala is emphasizing as the
goals of the Sharia. And that's why one of the greatest sadaqa to God that you can do one of the
greatest continuous types of charity that will benefit you after your death is a righteous child.
And that righteous child most likely will come because of a righteous family, a righteous husband
and wife, who give their children righteous upbringing and tarbiyah. And that's why when the when,
		

			in the previous generations, when people would come to this lamb after they had got married, and
they had said and they had children, they will come to the scholars and they would say oh chef, we
had a child, Allah blessed us with a child. How do we give righteous Serbia to the child? The
scholar would reply and he would say you're already too late. You already too late. This is a
question you should have asked me before you got married. How do I give my child righteous tarbiyah
is a question you should have asked me before you even got married man after you got married and had
your children. Why? Because the first step in that righteous child is having a righteous family, a
		

			righteous husband or a righteous wife, who will inshallah give that child righteous therapy. That is
what Allah subhanho wa Taala is emphasizing. Allah azza wa jal says in the Quran, your nurse will
tap or become lazy holla Kakuma nafcillin wahida wahala permin Herzl jaha woba thermen Hammadi,
Jalan kathira, when he saw all mankind, feel your Lord, who created you from a single soul, and he
created from that soul, it's made meaning the wife of Adam alayhis salam, and from them, he gave
many men and many women. That is what Allah azzawajal is saying, fear your Lord who did this for
you. This is from the greatest blessings of Allah subhanho wa Taala that he blesses you with a
		

			righteous wife or a righteous husband, or that he blesses you with righteous children. It is one of
the greatest blessings of Allah Subhana
		

			wattana because you can have all of the money in the world, you can have all of the education in the
world, you can be as prosperous as you want to be. But if your children are people who don't worship
Allah, they are people who disobey Allah subhanho wa Taala people who are children who on your
monitor, Yama will be a means for your despair. Then what good is all of that money? Well, God is
all of those cars and houses and so on. And so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would stress
the importance of this. And this is something which he taught his companions on on the Allah who
stressed the importance of a righteous family. And the first step is choosing a good spouse or
		

			spouse, that will come and will also benefit your children as well.
		

			One of the other goals and objectives of the Sharia. And as we said, Islam is a comprehensive
religion and it is also a practical religion. One of the goals and objectives of the Sharia is just
as you have this person who gives you support in terms of your main objective of achieving the
pleasure of Allah subhana wa Tada. That spouse is also someone who will give you support, moral
support, and will give you advice and counsel, even in the affairs of the dunya. There are people
that you can confide in people who will allow you that you can live with and have a harmonious
relationship. Because in Islam, it is not just about the Rebbe aspect, even though that is the most
		

			important, but it is about also having a good family life. You need someone that can be good with
you in your family life, someone that you can live with some other insha Allah together, you will
grow in fact as a family, and you will attain the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And that's
why I learned so much it says in Surah to room woman, a yachtie and Hala pelaku min and fusi come as
wotja liters como la jolla being in a coma with the tongue, word of mouth, from the many signs of
Allah is that he created from you, your spouse's, so that you may live together with one another,
and that Allah may place between you affection and mercy, affection and mercy. This is from one of
		

			the goals of the Sharia, that there is affection and mercy. And that's why when Allah subhanho wa
Taala even speaks about the concept of divorce, that if a relationship does end up ending, that it
breaks down, and there is divorce. One of the things that our law speaks about is well our tongue so
will formula but don't forget the goodness of the good points that each of you had. Don't forget the
virtues of one another. Why? Because the marriage was based upon affection and mercy. And there's no
one that's pure evil. Nor is that anyone that's pure good. People have good points and bad points.
They have points which are good, and points which are bad. So you have that affection and that
		

			mercy. And when you look at the life of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the way he was with
his wives, he wouldn't Yes, spend time advising them about the Sharia of Allah, encouraging them to
worship Allah subhana wa Taala. He would advise them about all these issues. He will have a specific
time during the week for his family where he will teach them about Islam. But he would also have
time when he would go and he would help his family. And that's why when I showed the Allah when he
was asked to describe the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam at home, she said, Can I feel fit Maci
Ernie, he would be serving his family. That's the way that he wants a home behind closed doors. He
		

			was just helping his family. He would be the one to go and milk, the goals. He would be the one to
mend the sandals and the shoes and the clothes, he would be the one taking care of the affairs of
his family. He wasn't the one who went home, if the wife asks her husband to go and wash the dishes
or dry them and like cause of mountain breakdown and there's like world war three, not the kind of
person if he has taken the washing it's like the end of the marriage. And that's not the purpose of
solemn despite all of his duties and responsibilities outside the house, leading and oma being a
general, being a leader, being a politician being all of those things and all of the worship that we
		

			knew that he did as well. When he came home, Kevin, if you hit Matteoli, he would be serving his
family. He would be the one taking care of his family sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had time to play with his family as well. He would race with our
inshallah the Allahu anhand. As we know sometimes she would win, sometimes he would win and the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on the day of or even he would spend time with abishola the
Allah who are watching the companions wrestle in the masjid, spend time with his family, with his
wife, he will do so with his kids as well. And he would greet them and he would honor them and he
		

			would welcome them. When in fact the model the Allahu Allah would come home, the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam would stand and he will go on Twitter by the door, and he will take her by the hand
and he would kiss her on her forehead, and he would make her sit in the place that he was sitting.
And then he would say hi eurocom eurocom literally
		

			For you to accompany me, the best of you are those who are best to their families. And I am the best
of you towards my family. That is one of the greatest goals and objectives of the Sharia. And this
is also part of worshipping Allah subhanho wa Taala. Because when you do this, and you act in this
way, your intention isn't that the other person will do the same for you, that they will give you a
present or they'll give you some money in return or praise you. Your intention is the pleasure of
Allah subhanho wa Taala you're doing it for the sake of Allah. So even when you're home and you're
playing with your children, or you're sitting down and talking to your wife, or whatever you're
		

			doing at home, you're doing it with that intention. And so Allah is rewarding you and so all of that
is still coming back down to the most essential point attaining the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa
Taala the prophets Allah, Allah Allah He will send them would often go to his wives and his family
members for advice. That is something which she would often do like in the Treaty of her day BIA
when the companions were told that they would have to go back to to Medina wouldn't be able to
perform Umrah. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to them, after the signing of the
Treaty, shave off your heads come out of Iran, and we will go back to Medina. The Companions didn't
		

			do so. They stayed in a home. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam went into his tent to one
of his wives and I think it was on Salah model the Allahu Allah. And he said to her, that I gave an
order to the companions, and they did not follow my order. Look at the situation, doesn't go to
Abubakar doesn't go to Mr. doesn't go to Earth man, where are the rhodiola where I'm home and they
were all present. He went to his wife asking her advice. She said, O Messenger of Allah, they're
waiting for your example. If you go out in front of them, shave off your head, take off your head
arm, they will hasten to do so as well. But if you don't do it first, they will always think in the
		

			back of their minds, that perhaps there is a chance that we can still go and perform them wrong. So
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam went out, and he shaved off his head and took off his or her
arm. And then all of the other companions followed suit by Luca how the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam is seeking advice from his his wife, asking her for her counsel. And then he takes her advice
as well. And he implemented sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So that is also from the goals and the
objectives of the Sharia. And that's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he would rebuke
those companions, who would refuse to get married, but didn't want to get married. They didn't want
		

			to get married, because they thought that it was better, more pleasing to Allah, there is a greater
act of worship, not to be married, because marriage would would divert them away from the worship of
Allah. It wasn't that they wanted, didn't want to get married, because they didn't like women or
they had some other issue. It was because they thought that it would take them away from the worship
of Allah. And so you have those three companions, as is in the famous Hadith that you've all heard
the word that they came, and one of them said, I will stand all night in prayer, and I will never
sleep. And the other one said that I will fast every day and never break my fast. And the third one
		

			said, I won't get married. Why? Because they want to come closer to Allah. By getting married. You
have so many chores and responsibilities. We have children to look after, when you have children, so
much time is consumed by your family. That's time taken out from worship of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
But those companions didn't understand at that time, the objective of marriage, because marriage is
worship of Allah, if you have that right intention, it will give you those benefits, if not more, by
worshiping by having that righteous family. And so the prophets of Allah alayhi wa sallam said to
them, that I sleep and I pray, I fast and I break my fast and I have married Femina Ravi bernsen
		

			Nettie Felisa Mini, so whosoever leaves of my sooner that he is not from me, Whosoever leaves of my
Sunder, he is not from me. Why because to be married is from the son of the Prophet salallahu alayhi
wa sallam, because there is a great act of worship. With it, you will have so many benefits that you
can't have otherwise, I saw the portrait journey of a child making the awful your righteous child
making the IRA for you after your death. You can't get unless you're married, so many acts of
worship that you will. And that's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us that on Yom
Okayama, a person will come and they will be presented with their good deeds, and they will see them
		

			and they will recognize them. They will recognize these deeds as being that and then Allah will give
them other good deeds. So that person will say, Oh Allah, these don't belong to me. They're not
mine. I didn't perform these actions. They don't belong to me. So Allah will say, this is the reward
that you get from your righteous child who perform these good deeds. That is the reward that you
get. Imagine having that righteous child who grows up and reads the Quran.
		

			And praise and worship Allah and give sada and then that child has another child that has the same,
and a third child that does the same. And generation after generation, that link continues by the
permission of Allah subhanho wa Taala. All of the reward is eventually accumulating and coming back
to you. What a great act of worship. What an amazing act of worship. And it's very, very cheap. It's
not like you have to build a Masjid, which again, is a sauna kajaria but it is difficult. If you
don't have money, or spreading knowledge. If you don't have the knowledge, it's difficult for you to
spread the knowledge, but to marry, and to have that intention of righteous children and a righteous
		

			family, and to continue having the accumulated reward or an amazing, amazing way of coming closer to
Allah subhanho wa Taala. Even after you die, generations after you die in sha Allah, that reward
will keep coming to you. And that's why the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam wouldn't allow those
companions to say that this was something which by which they will come closer to Allah subhanho wa
Taala. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to the youth, that if you're able to marry than
marry, and if you're not able to marry than fast food, indeed that is a barrier for you, meaning
between you and your desires. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will not only rebuke those
		

			people who didn't want to get married, he would openly encourage his companions to get married. Why?
Because not only does it increase the oma Not only is there a relationship of affection and mercy,
not only inshallah, do you have a righteous family that you continue to benefit from, but this is
one of the greatest ways by which you come closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala. And that Allah is our
job through it will reward you with the highest levels of Jannah. And that's why and I will conclude
with this final point from the great mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala. And from the greatest rewards
and blessings that he will give to the people of Jana, is that if the fam if one family enters into
		

			Jenna, for example, and our wife, or the parents and the children, they enter into gender, all of
them, but because of their different deeds and actions, they are on different levels, from the
greatest Mercy of Allah subhanho wa Taala, from the greatest blessings that Allah will give to the
people of Jana is that he will unite them in rank. So those who will lower in rank in Jannah, will
be exalted to the higher levels of gender where their parents are or where their spouse may be, and
so on and so forth. And that's why Larissa what it says in the Quran, Allah, Xena, Manu, whatever
act on the reactome Be a man, and how can I be him though we yet woman, Allah, Tina homina, homina
		

			himanshi. Those who believe, and their offspring follows them in guidance, we will make them united.
And we will not take away or decrease any of the actions. That is from the greatest Mercy of Allah.
And that's why, as humans, it is our natural disposition or is from our nature, that we don't like
other people to be better than us, your friends, your brothers and sisters, your siblings, your
colleagues, our work, you want to be better than them, there's someone doing better than you is from
your nature that you don't like that other people are excelling faster than you, you always want to
be better than them. That's just part of our nature as humans, except for our children. It is a
		

			source of honor and pride when your child is better than you. If your child if you never memorize
the Quran, you have an opportunity of your child memorizing the Quran. And imagine your child
memorizes the Quran. And as we know, in general, for every single verse recited they have a level in
general, you can't reach those levels because you didn't memorize the Quran, but your child memorize
the Quran. So if they have a higher level than you in Jannah, from the mercy of Allah from having
that righteous family is that you will have that same level in Jannah, through their righteous
deeds, because ultimately it comes back to you imagine that child goes on, and they give sadaqa. And
		

			they do so many good deeds, maybe perhaps for some of us, or many of us, we started practicing Islam
at a later age. So we missed many years of our lives will be done fast and play for whatever reason.
But with our children, we have the opportunity of correcting those mistakes, of not falling into
those same errors. So they have much more action than we do. And on normal piano they have a higher
level. So from the mercy of Allah is that he gives you that same higher grade, that it gives you
that same level, because otherwise, the the blessings of gender would be incomplete for you wouldn't
be complete if you were in Jannah. But your children weren't on the same level for you, your husband
		

			or your wife aren't on the same level as you. That's not a complete blessing. And that's why from
the descriptions of gender from the attributes of gender, is that it is complete and blessing that
you won't feel that someone is better than you. You won't feel that there's something missing. You
won't feel that there's a sense of
		

			Let down that as long as God as it was promised to you to be, you will know that it is complete. And
so that is from the perfection of Jenna and the blessings of Allah subhanho wa Taala on the day for
the believers and the people of Jana, as Allah subhanaw taala that he makes us from amongst those
people, that He grants us righteous spouses and righteous children and righteous families, who will
be a means for us and then entering into gentlemen that Allah azza wa jal unites us with our parents
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