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It's not an obligation in the sense that it's not strictly mandatory. But it is beyond encouraged. Any faithful Muslim believe that marriage is half of faith.
by seventhtiger 3y ago
It's not an obligation in the sense that it's not strictly mandatory.
But it is beyond encouraged. Any faithful Muslim believe that marriage is half of faith.
“When a person gets married he has completed half of his religion, so let him fear Allah with regard to the other half.”
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- catlover76 3y agoIt's strongly encouraged, yes. But not mandatory and not obligatory, which was the erroneous claim to which I was responding. Are you Muslim? You realize people don't take "half of faith" literally, right?
- seventhtiger 3y agoYes I'm Muslim. They do where I am. Calling marriage "completing half my faith" is a very common expression. Why wouldn't they take it literally?
- rayiner 3y agoI used that at my speech in my brother’s wedding, and the aunties loved it.