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Full-version-Shefa-bio-of-Prophet, page : 50
Indicating to the Prophet Abbas' son said, "The best of this community is the one with the most wives."
The Prophet said, "Marry and procreate. I want to be proud of you above other nations." (Shaykh Darwish added: You may be curious why it is the wish of Prophet Muhammad to have a greater number in his nation. Through him being instrumental in guiding his nation he will have more people who worship and praise Allah. On the Night of the Ascent Moses' wept because his nation will have a lesser number of people who worship and praise Allah alone. It is not as may be conceived by a person's reasoning.)
The Prophet forbade celibacy because marriage protects appetites from straying. He said, "Whosoever is able to marry should marry, it lowers the eyes and protects the private parts."
It is for this reason the scholars of Islam say that it is not a matter that detracts from the virtue of going without.
The most abstemious of the Companions had more than one wife as well as those the right-hand possesses and were sexually active with them. Many disliked the idea of meeting Allah unmarried.
The question has been raised, "How can marriage be so virtuous when Allah praised, Prophet John, son of Prophet Zachariah for being chaste? And how is it that Allah praised him for not doing something considered to be a virtue. In addition, Prophet Jesus, son of Mary also remained celibate. If it is as you say, would they have married?"
In answer to this question indeed Allah praised Prophet John for being chaste, and it was not, as someone once said that, he was weak or not masculine. This derogatory remark has been rejected by knowledgeable scholars and perceptive commentators on the grounds that it implies imperfection and fault, neither of these characteristics befit any of the prophets of Allah. What it does mean is he was protected (in his state of celibacy) from sins, as if he were unable to partake of it. It is also said that he was detached from all bodily desires and had no desire for women.
From this it is understood marriage is a desirable virtue whereas there is an imperfection in those who are able to marry but do not. The inability to marry may be counteracted with the virtue of striving. Prophet Jesus was perfect and strove. In the case of Prophet John, he was given sufficiency from Allah as marriage all too often distracts a person from the remembrance of Allah and a person remains attached to the world.
There are those who marry and fulfill the obligations of marriage without being distracted from the remembrance of Allah and these people attain a high rank.
The Prophet said, "Marry and procreate. I want to be proud of you above other nations." (Shaykh Darwish added: You may be curious why it is the wish of Prophet Muhammad to have a greater number in his nation. Through him being instrumental in guiding his nation he will have more people who worship and praise Allah. On the Night of the Ascent Moses' wept because his nation will have a lesser number of people who worship and praise Allah alone. It is not as may be conceived by a person's reasoning.)
The Prophet forbade celibacy because marriage protects appetites from straying. He said, "Whosoever is able to marry should marry, it lowers the eyes and protects the private parts."
It is for this reason the scholars of Islam say that it is not a matter that detracts from the virtue of going without.
The most abstemious of the Companions had more than one wife as well as those the right-hand possesses and were sexually active with them. Many disliked the idea of meeting Allah unmarried.
The question has been raised, "How can marriage be so virtuous when Allah praised, Prophet John, son of Prophet Zachariah for being chaste? And how is it that Allah praised him for not doing something considered to be a virtue. In addition, Prophet Jesus, son of Mary also remained celibate. If it is as you say, would they have married?"
In answer to this question indeed Allah praised Prophet John for being chaste, and it was not, as someone once said that, he was weak or not masculine. This derogatory remark has been rejected by knowledgeable scholars and perceptive commentators on the grounds that it implies imperfection and fault, neither of these characteristics befit any of the prophets of Allah. What it does mean is he was protected (in his state of celibacy) from sins, as if he were unable to partake of it. It is also said that he was detached from all bodily desires and had no desire for women.
From this it is understood marriage is a desirable virtue whereas there is an imperfection in those who are able to marry but do not. The inability to marry may be counteracted with the virtue of striving. Prophet Jesus was perfect and strove. In the case of Prophet John, he was given sufficiency from Allah as marriage all too often distracts a person from the remembrance of Allah and a person remains attached to the world.
There are those who marry and fulfill the obligations of marriage without being distracted from the remembrance of Allah and these people attain a high rank.