woman, then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will increase his meanness; and the one who performed Nikah only for the reason of protecting his eyes, private parts, or treating his relatives well, then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will give blessings for him in the woman and give blessings in the man for the woman.

(Al-Mu’jam-ul-Awsat, vol. 2, pp. 18, Hadees 2342)

Therefore, instead of gaining wealth and worldly benefits, we should keep in view the piety and religious mindset, and perform marriage among good (religious) people. Moreover, we should obey the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in all matters to make our worldly life and the Hereafter better. While setting an example of the obedience to the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم ended all those useless customs of the [pre-Islamic] era of ignorance which had been practised for a long time.

If only! For the sake of the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم, we could get the passion for the obedience to the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

For which acts obedience is a must?

Dear Islamic sisters! Obeying the command of the Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is called ‘Itaa’at-e-Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم’ (obedience to the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم). Obedience includes every such act which has been commanded to be refrained from; and also includes those acts which have been commanded to be performed. The way offering Salah, giving Zakah, observing Sawm and other virtuous acts are necessary, similarly, it is also necessary to refrain from the sins like lying, backbiting, tale-telling and listening to music etc. But alas! Due to being distanced away from Deen, Muslims have given up obeying Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Perhaps this is the reason why sins are becoming prevalent in society. The heartbreaking scenes of not practicing the Deen, depravity and going against the Sunnah are found everywhere. Various sins like missing Salah, abusing and swearing, blaming, slandering, ill-suspicions, backbiting, remaining busy in finding people’s faults, spreading people’s faults all around