Editing Islamic marital jurisprudence (section)

===Should a Muslim get married===

According to scholars such as Sheikh Sayyed Sabiq  and [[Al-Qurtubi]] (1214–1273) and according to the consensus of scholars (according to  Islamweb.net),<ref name="ruling-online"/><ref name="IW 4 fiqh 86384"/> 
* a Muslim is obligated (''[[fard]]'') to marry if they are able to afford it, have a desire for sexual intercourse, and are afraid they might indulge in fornication;<ref name="ruling-online"/>  
* if the Muslim does not fear committing something forbidden than the level of ruling drops to recommended (''[[mustahabb]]'');<ref name="ruling-online"/>  
* both the bride and groom should be free of madness, leprosy, and similar afflictions;  and the Muslim man must have some sexual  desire,  his must not be penis cut, otherwise the marriage is not permitted (''[[haram]]'') since in such a case a marriage harms a wife and does not protect her chastity.<ref name="ruling-online">{{cite web |title=The Ruling of Marriage  |url=https://fiqh.islamonline.net/en/the-ruling-of-marriage/ |website=Islam online |access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="Fatwa 84026">{{cite web |title=Fatwa 84026. Marriage in Islam |url=https://islamweb.net/en/fatwa/84026/marriage-in-islam |website=Islamweb.net |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> Similarly the woman must not have defects such as "narrowness or blockage of her vagina, existence of a bone in her vaginal cavity that hinders penile insertion, and the existence of a bag of certain kind in the vaginal cavity", or similar problems.<ref name="IW 4 fiqh 86384"/> 

Many Muslim activists urge Muslims to marry.<ref name="islamic-marriage-syed-athar-husain-sh-rizvi"/><ref name="onislam.net"/>
There are many hadith recommending marriage as long as a (Muslim) man can afford it.<ref name="Fatwa 84026"/> and some that encourage marriage even if he has trouble affording it.<ref name="Sahih al-Bukhari 5150."/><ref name=Q.24:32/><ref name=irfi-SSMaMiI/>
* “When a man marries he has fulfilled half of the religion; so let him fear God regarding the remaining half.” (Mishkat al-Masabih 3096)<ref name="Mishkat al-Masabih 3096">{{cite web |last1=Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī |title=13  Marriage Section 3, Mishkat al-Masabih 3096 |url=https://sunnah.com/mishkat:3096 |website=sunnah.com |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref>
*“(Oh Muslims!) Marry, then, I will be proud of being the largest in number among nations, and do not follow the monastic life of Christians”, (Al-Bayhaqi on the authority of Abu Umamah).<ref name="Fatwa 84026"/>
*“Marry even with an iron ring.” (Al-Bukhari on the authority of Sahl Ibn Sa'd.)<ref name="Fatwa 84026"/><ref name="Sahih al-Bukhari 5150.">{{cite web |last1=al-Bukhari |title=67  Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah) (52)Chapter: To give Mahr in the form of material things..Sahih al-Bukhari 5150. |url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari/67/85 |website=sunnah.com |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref>
*Ibn Masoud  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him said: “If I knew that I will die on the tenth day of the last ten days of my life and I can afford marriage, I will marry since I fear temptation.”<ref name="Fatwa 84026"/>
*Ibn 'Abbaas  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him said to Sa'eed ibn Jubayr: “Marry, for the best people of the Muslim Ummah are those who have the largest number of wives”, (Al-Bukhari and Ahmad).<ref name="Fatwa 84026"/>
*Imam Ahmad  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him said: “Celibacy is not part of Islam.”<ref name="Fatwa 84026"/>
*“The best people of my nation (Ummat) are those who get married and have chosen their wives, and the worst people of my nation are those who have kept away from marriage and are passing their lives as bachelors.” <ref>Mustadrakul Wasael, Muhaddith Noori, vol. 2, p. 531 quoted in A Gift for the Youth, Shabeeb Rizvi. quoted in {{cite book| url=http://www.al-islam.org/islamic-marriage-syed-athar-husain-sh-rizvi/importance-marriage-islam | title=Islamic Marriage Handbook |chapter=Importance of Marriage in Islam | date=22 October 2012 | publisher=al-islam.org | access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>

====Literalist Opinion====
One school of [[fiqh]] -- that of literalist school founded by [[Dawud al-Zahiri]] (aka Dhaahiri fiqh) holds that marriage is "''[[Fard#Individual_duty_and_sufficiency|farḍ al-'ayn]]'' - an absolute and individual obligation" -- poverty notwithstanding. Among other sources, they cite as evidence this Qur'anic verse:

*"And marry off the single among you and among the righteous of your male and female slaves.  If they are poor then Allah will supply their needs from His generosity. And Allah is expansive, knowing.  (22) And let those who do not find marriage hold back until Allah grants them of His generosity."  (An-Noor 24:32-33)<ref name=Q.24:32>https://quran.com/24/32-33</ref><ref name=irfi-SSMaMiI>{{cite web|url=http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_151_200/same_sex_marriage_and_marriage_i.htm|title=Same Sex Marriage and Marriage in Islam|work=irfi.org|access-date=22 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040208/http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_151_200/same_sex_marriage_and_marriage_i.htm|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=live}}</ref>