Kind: captions Language: en [Music] AC [Music] alhamd my dear students welcome to the seventh Hadith in the second level of the beautiful prophetic collection of a Hadith today's Hadith is a sound Hadith highly profound agreed upon its authenticity and it is narrated by one of the great Companions of the messenger of Allah sallu alaihi wasallam Abdullah Mas narrated Abdullah that the messenger of Allah peace be upon him said oh young men whoever among you can afford to get married let him do so since it is more effective in lowering the Gaze and guarding one's Chastity and whoever cannot afford it let him fast for it will provide him with the protection meaning the protection against committing adultery protection against fallen in sins this is an amazing prophetic guidance and uh let's begin by shedding some light ond he's such a great companion he observed the three hijr he migrated to ABIA twice the first and the second Hijra and he also migrated to al- Medina may Allah be pleased with him he was one of the senior companions in terms of virtue and wisdom as a matter of fact he was so learned in the Quran to the extent that he have learned directly from the prophet Salli wasallam 70 suras all alone by himself he heard them immediately from the prophet sallallah Al wasallam while no one was around he used to say there is not a single verse in the Quran but I know where when and why was revealed amazing the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam admired him in multiple occasions may Allah be pleased with him he died in the year 32 after the migration of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam during the of he appointed him and he sent him to Alfa in order to teach people their religion Al kufa in Iraq back then a few things that we need to get acquainted with such as when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam called upon oh young men and that by the way also can apply to young girls those who are interested in getting married and there are proposals nothing uh is hindering them from getting married go ahead and get married because both have the same needs as shabab is plural of shab which refers to a young man who have reached the age of PTY many of the uh Scholars refer to the period between 19 and 34 as the youth period so a person who is between 19 and 34 is addressed with this Hadith anyway any person who is in need to get married and can afford the means of getting married financially and physically then he should get married as the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam has said why because it is very effective and it is more worthy and especially with regards to enabling the person the young man to lower his gaze not to look at the beauty of another woman whom Allah forbidden him from looking at why because he has a wife he can satisfy his desire in a lawful fashion it is such a great means of helping you to lower your gaze likewise it is very effective more effective than any other means with regards to guarding one's Chastity because if he's married and if he's able to observe this sexual relationship in a lawful fashion of course this is best and more effective in guarding his and her Chastity again is falling in what is Haram um the brief ex explanation of this interesting Hadith that wasallam who is not just a prophet not just a teacher but he is Mercy to Mankind he is is merciful he is a merciful teacher so he guides the um to what is beneficial for them and he takes them the farthest away from anything could cause them to fall in a sin or a harm so wasallam is addressing those who have reached the age where they have the desire to get married and they have the means what is holding you back go ahead and get married indeed it will protect your Chastity indeed it will help you to lower your gaze because looking at what Allah has forbidden is a sin and when the sin is accumulated one sin after another and that habit happens all the time habitually then afterward the person might turn me looking into an action and they fall into the act of Zena which is a major sin such a heinous sin but when the person at an early age alhamdulillah he's physically capable to conduct this marital relationship and also financially able to provide for a family preed on bmah as you all know that marriage in Islam under goes the five religious rulings so sometimes it's mere permissible sometimes it is highly recommended sometimes it is obligatory sometimes it could be disliked or it could be even Haram when a person knows that he will not be able to fulfill his duties as a husband he cannot function as a man in bed then it is not permissible to approach a woman in marriage where you will be depriving her from her right or a person who's having a contagious disease STDs one of the sexual transmitted diseases major major disease such as AIDS or whatever then it will cause a harm to to the other party then you should stay uh at away or a person who's already uh married and he's struggling to provide for a family cannot afford it then he takes another wife or a third wife while he is in debt so it depends on the condition of the person a young man who has a desire to get married mallah have the financial means whether he personally or his family can afford to help him to get married and he has a job or he can make some earning to provide for a wife and the future uh children B in marriage in this case is highly recommended and you will be rewarded for to the extent that the messenger of Allah peace be upon him said in one Hadith when a man and woman a husband and wife a couple have an intimate relationship sexual relations they will be rewarded for that the companions said oh prophet of Allah How could a person you know while having sexual relationship satisfying his sexual desire and receives the word he said what if the person were to do it in an unlawful fashion he goes out on a dating he sleeps with the prostitutes or commits adultery doesn't he deserve to be punished he they said yes indeed he said for avoiding what is forbidden and resorting to what is permissible he will be rewarded mashallah so here wasallam is guiding the umah to the means of Chastity you know in Surah uh chapter number 24 uh the two consective verses 30 and 31 in verse number 30 Allah commands the believing men to lower their gaze not to look at the beauty of a woman who's not lawful for them why listen to the verse command the believing men to lower some of their gaze obviously you're not going to walk all the time looking down some of their gaze so when you see something which is not lawful for you to look at lower your gaze but your family members your wife your daughter your mother it's okay to lower some of their gaze why and to guard their Chastity you lower your gaze you'll be able to guard your Chastity you will be able to avoid falling into adultery and then Allah the almighty says indeed Allah is well acquainted of what they do then the following verse the almighty Allah commands the believing women to do the same for the same reason so wasallam offered a practical solution for the one who cannot afford to get married because they do have the desire but they don't have the financial means they cannot afford to take care of a family they will be borrowing money day and night right and left he said if you're not ready yet then you can be patient through lower in your gaze through fasting let him stick to fasting means protection protection against is what when the person is fasting and he is hungry and he thirsty he doesn't think about sexual relations and also because when the person is fasting it uh it Narrows the passages of Satan in our bodies it reduces The Whispers of a Shan because the person is very keen to perfect their fasting so that Allah the almighty will accept it and that's why fasting is a solution it is not a permanent solution it's a temp temporary solution until you work you start earning and you can afford to get married or find the person whom you uh perceive or you believe that uh she will be your best lifemate and so on um among the virtues of marriage obviously is having an offspring and leaving behind lineage and family especially goodly of spring who will pray for you after uh your death will be a continuation of your life but it is not listed in the Hadith because the initial motive for the Youth to get married is the desire you know now Allah created the sexual desire in both men and women men desire women women desire men this is you know straightforward the way Allah created uh people in order to maintain the human race so that they can get married they have an off Spring so that the human race will continue right but initially what people think about is satisfying the desire and that's why wasam addressed in the youth this motive he said in order to lower your gaze in order to guard your chity get married provided you can afford the uh means we learn from this Hadith brothers and sisters that Islam prescribes marriage because there is much wisdom behind it um and many many benefits such as the continuation of the human race as I mentioned earlier uh keeping both spouses Chast and enabling them to avoid falling into the Haram creating comfort and Tranquility as Allah stated in Surah chapter number 30 verse number 21 among his sign that the almighty Allah has created for you from among yourselves spouses in order to find Repose in them comfort and peace of mind and he placed between you affection and mercy indeed in that there are signs for people who Ponder and reflect increasing the number of the Muslim umah preserving the lineage um protecting women and taking care of them by spend in and working hard to provide for them shouldering your responsibility as a family father fulfilling the paternal and the maternal Instinct uh protecting Morality In The Society from declining another lesson the Hadith is you know is an encouragement for youth to get married and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was a good speaker rather he was the most eloquent speaker sallallah alaihi wasallam who addressed uh youth young men in an appropriate manner sallallahu alaihi wasallam also the messenger of Allah peace be upon him had a good approach in teaching his uh umah and explaining things to them this is clearly seen in the way in which he would tell them of the ruling and explaining the reason or the wisdom uh behind it the individual and this is the final lesson we learn um in this Hadith the individual should avoid anything that would lead uh to letting his gaze wand and fallen into immorality because the simply looking at what Allah has forbidden will deliver the person into committing an act of fornication so from the beginning we were taught to block the means blocking the means is an essential ruling in Islam the almighty Allah didn't say Do not commit adultery rather in he said don't you go near Z likewise with regards to drinking in says avoid it stay away from it so among the greatest means which will prevent the person from falling into what Allah has forbidden is marriage in order to lower his gaze and to guard his and her Chastity May the Almighty Allah protect all of us and guide us to what is best until next [Music] time for [Music]