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Almighty, whether they are your wife, money or children, are ominous for the one
who has them.
If you say: “Why then did Jesus renounce marriage in spite of its virtues?” If it
was better to renounce it for the sake of worshiping Allah, then why did our
Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, marry several wives?
Know that it is better to do both; to have more wives if you are fair between them
and able to be equitable, and to worship Allah as nothing can keep you away
from the remembrance of Allah. Our Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
took the matter by his strength and did both marry and worship to his fullest
extent, and in spite of his having nine wives nothing took him away from his
worship of Allah, the Almighty.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, in his nobility, worldly matter did not
hinder his heart from being always with Allah, the Revelations used to come
down to him while he was in his wife‟s bed, so we should not make comparison
between him and ourselves. But Jesus took the matter by firm resolve not by
strength and decided to abstain from marriage, and maybe in his case marriage
who has them.
If you say: “Why then did Jesus renounce marriage in spite of its virtues?” If it
was better to renounce it for the sake of worshiping Allah, then why did our
Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, marry several wives?
Know that it is better to do both; to have more wives if you are fair between them
and able to be equitable, and to worship Allah as nothing can keep you away
from the remembrance of Allah. Our Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
took the matter by his strength and did both marry and worship to his fullest
extent, and in spite of his having nine wives nothing took him away from his
worship of Allah, the Almighty.
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, in his nobility, worldly matter did not
hinder his heart from being always with Allah, the Revelations used to come
down to him while he was in his wife‟s bed, so we should not make comparison
between him and ourselves. But Jesus took the matter by firm resolve not by
strength and decided to abstain from marriage, and maybe in his case marriage