How/Why is Marraige Half your Eeman?

[Eemaan]

Married folk, now that you is all hollered up and married, can you tell me what your understanding of the "marraige is half your eeeman" concept is?

why was it half your eeman for you? (this is a ten mark causation question and you therefore need to list factors with specific examples in order to convey the meaning of your understanding clearly and coherantly)

see eemaan is never easy or cheap to acquire, its rife with difficulties and the interjection of shaytaan at every hidden and prevalent oppurtunity.

what does it mean to you? and if your relying on some bloke to safeguard this half of your eeman why get married to do it????,

cos my thinking dictates the big tree will only mess it up :smack: :(

ta very much.... :D

[Medievalist]

I dont think its a good idea for people to give their own opinions on what the hadeeth means. Thats wrong. But if you mean to ask how has marriage helped in guarding your imaan then thats a legitimate question.

[Kal-El]

I think the real question is not whether or not it would help guarding your iman, but why is it described as half of your iman - is that a metaphor, or an emphasis of how important marriage is?

[Medievalist]

My point stands: shouldnt be giving our own impressions or opinions. Get a proper explanation from a proper alim. :up:

[MMS]

if u get married twice does it make ur eemaan whole?? :o

[Um_yusuf]

the sis asked a question regarding the important issue of marriage in Islam and you guys think its 'funny' to turn this thread into a discussion about a pathetic bollywood song!!!
grow up for goodness sake:rolleyes:

[Eemaan]

I dont think its a good idea for people to give their own opinions on what the hadeeth means. Thats wrong. But if you mean to ask how has marriage helped in guarding your imaan then thats a legitimate question.

your all kothas, yes this is what i meant :smack: you tree, hows your wifes emaan?

[Medievalist]

your all kothas, yes this is what i meant :smack: you tree, hows your wifes emaan?

Im my wifes man and alhamdulillah Im doing fine, thanks for asking :):)

[JayC]

the sis asked a question regarding the important issue of marriage in Islam and you guys think its 'funny' to turn this thread into a discussion about a pathetic bollywood song!!!
grow up for goodness sake:rolleyes:

jazakAllah khayr sis um_yusuf ... may Allah reward you :o
i apologise

[Um_yusuf]

jazakAllah khayr sis um_yusuf ... may Allah reward you :o
i apologise

jazakhAllah khair sis but it wasnt you i was referring to...
the culprits/kohthey know who they are and theyre still being silly, may Allah swt guide them and show them how to behave on an islamic forum! AMEEEN!!!!

[Medievalist]

ahem seriously. Sowwie Heman for messing up yer thread. :o:o

I dunno how my wifes imaan is, thats between her and ALLAH and she'd be able to give a better answer regarding herself than me. But from a mans pov - marriage makes things easier, not completely easy but it takes some pressure off. Reading namaz, being good is easier because you have a legitimate outlet for human emotion so things like stress, pent up rage, frustration are no longer as evident. which makes you more amicable and more relaxed and perhaps helps yr mental state. :nuts:

[Zesty]

tu yaad na aay aysa koi din nahiiiii

:rotfl:

jab se tere naina mere naino se laage re ;)



:outta:

:rolleyes: thanks. Now ive got it in my head. Eemaaannn,i dunnae get ya question. Marriage strengthens your Imaan in certain ways Alhamdullilah and in other ways it tests your Imaan :smack: - subhanAllah

[PK Aali]

Stop free mixing so openly!!!!!!!!!

Have some HAYA!!!!!!!!!!

[Salman Al-Farsi]

I think thats enough marriage talk for one day.

[Medievalist]

:D:D mashaALLAH. very informative thread Heman :up:

[Zesty]

Im still not really understanding what youre trying to get at (manrriage has made me stupid) :hidban: (shurrup and no comments about always being stupid)!
But, i guess what marriage does in some ways is protect your Imaan by motivating you to fulfill your duties to Allah (swt) and knowing that there is someone else who you are bound to who encourages you to br mindful of your Imaan. This ranges from things like praying Salaah more regularly, being more punctual with salaah, dressing more appropriately or motivating yourself to move onto the next step (i.e. wearing niqaab) :outta: and things like lowering your gaze.

Is that what you mean?

[Medievalist]

She basically wants to know from married ladies how marriage has effected your imaan.

[Zesty]

She basically wants to know from married ladies how marriage has effected your imaan.

Well in that case i guess it does all those things i mentioned and much more inshaAllah :hidban: :D

[Eemaan]

my god some of you lot are morons :(


:rolleyes: thanks. Now ive got it in my head. Eemaaannn,i dunnae get ya question. Marriage strengthens your Imaan in certain ways Alhamdullilah and in other ways it tests your Imaan :smack: - subhanAllah

yes thats what i want to know, can you give examples zest? how do you trust a MAN of all things with yer emaan :scratch: what doe sit do for you in terms of benefits and downsides?

[Kal-El]

Maybe you need to be married to truly understand?

[RaNdOm]

:salams

Is marriage half of religion?


Is it true that whoever gets married has completed half of his religion? What is the evidence for that?.

Praise be to Allaah.

The Sunnah indicates that it is prescribed to get married, and that it is one of the Sunnahs of the Messengers. By getting married a person can, with the help of Allaah, overcome many of the traps of evil, for marriage helps him to lower his gaze and guard his chastity, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said in the hadeeth, “O young men, whoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding chastity…” Agreed upon.


Al-Haakim narrated in al-Mustadrak from Anas, in a marfoo’ report: “Whomever Allaah blesses with a righteous wife, He has helped him with half of his religion, so let him fear Allaah with regard to the other half.”


Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Shu’ab al-Eemaan from al-Raqaashi: “When a person gets married he has completed half of his religion, so let him fear Allaah with regard to the other half.” Al-Albaani said of these two hadeeths in Saheeh al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb (1916): “(They are) hasan li ghayrihi.”
And Allaah is the Source of strength.


Al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Ifta, 18/31.

If the aim is to obey Allaah, to follow the example of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), to have a righteous child, to keep oneself chaste and to protect one’s private parts, eyes and heart, etc., then it is one of the actions of the Hereafter and a person will be rewarded for it. If there is no such intention, then it is permissible and is one of the actions of this world which is solely for enjoyment. It will not be rewarded, but there is no sin involved. And Allaah knows best.


Fataawa al-Imaam al-Nawawi, p. 179

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[Khubaib]

What is the exact 3arabi term used in the hadith? For what random posted above the translation is "religion." So is it 1/2 the deen or 1/2 of eeman? Two different terms.

[.: emerald :.]

marriage just freaks me out lol at one time I thought it wouldn't be so bad but nowadays it just seems so scary and hard..Allah knows what 'he's' going to be like..:rubeyes:

when you get married you expect to increase your Eemaan through actually acknowledging you've completed half of the Deen? :D So you're ultimately motivated to increase in performing righteous acts, doing good, learning more knowledge, and the key thing being..you'd be doing all this together?! :o thats what makes it all different..and well makes it even more beautiful? :p

So as you're both motivated this strengthens not only the bond you share with your spouse but the Love and obedience you have for Allah. In being married you have someone else to show kindness to, to care for, to look out for and to be greatful for.. and that not only increases us in the good we do, like engaging in the remembrance of Allah.. but it also makes us improve bad habits, making more room for Ibadah? You know then that both of you are united to enter Jannah together, so you live to earn Allah's pleasure, increase the Ummah of the beloved Rasool :inlove: and its just a whole process of becoming, closer and closer to Allah :Swt: ! which in return means that you increase in Eemaan as well?? :p

:scratch: well thats what I think anyway..*shrugs* Allahu Alam.

[Medievalist]

What is the exact 3arabi term used in the hadith? For what random posted above the translation is "religion." So is it 1/2 the deen or 1/2 of eeman? Two different terms.

gud point :up:

Heman:
You raise some intelligent points :eek: ! and you're right, how can a woman trust a man with guiding her?

The point is that the woman is submissive and the mand dominant and thats why its crucial for a woman to marry a man who knows his religion well so he can guide her. If a woman marries with a man who is unsure of where he is going, or what he should be and the woman wants a man who will guide her in the religion - then thats bound to cause major issues. These issues CAN be overcome but it makes life easier if the woman marries a man who is more educated than her in the religion so he can guide her and assist her in what needs to be done.

In some married couples it has been observed that when the man is knowledgable (relatively) he is beneficial to the wife who may be involved in customs and tradition and confuse the religion with these. When a man is knowledgable he can help explain to her WHERE she has gone wrong in her understanding because women are irrational and deficient - their brains may be working at full capacity and not understand where they've gone wrong; whereas a man would be able to rationally observe and see exactly where she's let emotion/incompetence blurr her vision.

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[Umm Haya]

AssalamuAlaykum

How/Why is Marraige Half your Eeman?

You have sombody to wake you for Fajr, thats half the job done :inlove: loq *outta*

WassalamuAlaykum

[Joha]

gud point :up:

Heman:
You raise some intelligent points :eek: ! and you're right, how can a woman trust a man with guiding her?

When a man is knowledgable he can help explain to her WHERE she has gone wrong in her understanding because women are irrational and deficient - their brains may be working at full capacity and not understand where they've gone wrong; whereas a man would be able to rationally observe and see exactly where she's let emotion/incompetence blurr her vision.


Good post - makes just as much sense with every instance of man replaced with woman, and every instance of women replaced with man. Kinda defeats your point then.

I seem to remember that the majority of past philosophers and thinkers - those ardent atheists and 'rationalists' who rejected God in every possible way have been men.

Also seem to remember men have been responsible for two world wars and multiple genocides - and that's just within the space of a century.

Dunno where that leaves the 'superior intelligence and rationality' of men that you believe in, versus the inferior and emotional incompetence of women :rolleyes:

[Eemaan]

youve desecrated the thread of the week :crying2:

thanks guys :(

[Fairy]

I guess this what they mean when they say 'You complete me'