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marriage will be an increased burden and a cause to feed the family from
unlawful means.
Secondly: Failing to give them their rights and to be impatient towards any
aggravation. To be pleasant with women and to carry on with them according to
their lusts is easier than seeking the lawful. In this there is great danger because
he is the shepherd and he will be questioned about his responsibility. The
Prophet said: “It is a great sin for a person to destroy his family by overlooking
their errors and not correcting them.”
For this reason many people have renounced marriage saying that they are
tested enough by themselves, so how could they add to that another soul.
Thirdly: It is other than the first and second; that the wife and child draw one
away from the remembrance of Allah and lure him to the life of this world and its
gains in order for him to provide a good standard of living for his children, so he
needs to earn enough money for them, to save for their future, and to be proud of
them. All things, which draw you away from your remembrance of Allah, the
unlawful means.
Secondly: Failing to give them their rights and to be impatient towards any
aggravation. To be pleasant with women and to carry on with them according to
their lusts is easier than seeking the lawful. In this there is great danger because
he is the shepherd and he will be questioned about his responsibility. The
Prophet said: “It is a great sin for a person to destroy his family by overlooking
their errors and not correcting them.”
For this reason many people have renounced marriage saying that they are
tested enough by themselves, so how could they add to that another soul.
Thirdly: It is other than the first and second; that the wife and child draw one
away from the remembrance of Allah and lure him to the life of this world and its
gains in order for him to provide a good standard of living for his children, so he
needs to earn enough money for them, to save for their future, and to be proud of
them. All things, which draw you away from your remembrance of Allah, the