married as firstly, I do not have sufficient wealth and means to fulfil the needs of a woman and secondly, I do not like the fact that anything takes me away from you.’ The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم avoided me, but then I thought that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم knows better than me as to what is better for me in this world and the Hereafter. Now if the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم says this to me, I will say, ok, Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, command me whatever you like.

Therefore, when the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said for the third time, ‘Rabee’ah, why don’t you get married?’ I humbly said, ‘Why not.’ Then the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, naming a tribe of the Ansaar, told me to go to them and say to them that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has sent me to get me married with so-and-so woman. Therefore, I went and conveyed the message of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to them. They gave me a warm welcome and started saying, ‘The bearer of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم should not return without carrying out his task.’ Then they performed my Nikah with that woman, treated me with extreme kindness and did not ask me for any proof either. (Al-Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal, vol. 5, pp. 569, Hadees 16577)

Dear Islamic sisters! Have you seen the passion of the blessed companions  رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم for obeying the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم that they did not even ask for any proof in the very sensitive matter like marriage and only upon hearing the blessed message of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, they married their daughter to Sayyiduna Rabee’ah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ. From this parable, we derive the Madani pearl that whoever we get our children married to should be a person who offers Salah, observes Siyam, is pious and ascetic and practices the Sunnah, irrespective of being poor. But Alas! In our society, only beauty, wealth and worldly status are considered before getting married and such marriages often become the cause of ruining the peace of the home. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the character of the person when deciding about the marriage. The Greatest and Holiest Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: The one who performed Nikah with a woman due to her dignity, then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will increase his humiliation; the one who performed Nikah due to [the greed of] a woman’s wealth, then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will increase his poverty; the one who performed Nikah due to the family honour of the