The marriage that is Bliss.

Marry a man who fears Allah so he will treat you right because of his fear of Allah.

Marriage serves as a means to emotional and sexual gratification and as a means of tension reduction. It is indeed a form of Ibadah (Worship) because it is obeying Allah and His Messenger—i.e., Marriage is seen as the only possible way for the sexes to unite. One could choose to live in sin, however by choosing marriage one is displaying obedience to Allah.

By getting married you are not just getting a wife, you are getting your whole world. From now until the rest of your days your wife will be your partner, your companion, and your best friend.

She will share your moments, your days, and your years. She will share your joys and sorrows, your successes and failures, your dreams and your fears. When you are ill, she will take the best care of you; when you need help, she will do all she can for you;

When you wake up in the morning the first thing your eyes will see will be hers; during the day, she will be with you, if for a moment she is not with you by her physical body, she will be thinking of you, praying for you with all her heart, mind and soul; when you go to sleep at night, the last thing your eyes will see will be her; and when you are asleep you will still see her in your dreams. In short, she will be your whole world and you hers.

The last description is, in the Noble Qur’an,

“They are your garments and you are their garments”                           (2:187)

Indeed, spouses are like garments to each other because they provide one another with the protection, the comfort, the cover, the support and the adornment that garments provide to humans. Just imagine a journey in the winter of Alaska without garments! Our spouses provide us with the same level of comfort, protection, cover and support in the journey of our lives on this earth as garments would do in the Alaskan journey.

The relationship between the spouses is the most amazing of all human relations: the amount of love and affection, intimacy and closeness, mercy and compassion, peace and tranquillity that fills the hearts of the spouses is simply inexplicable. The only rational explanation for these most amazing of all human feelings is that: it is an act of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala,

“And Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature.....”      (16:72)

Only Allah (SWT) in His infinite Power, boundless Mercy and Great Wisdom can create and ingrain these amazing and blessed feelings in the hearts of spouses.

“And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves that you may dwell in tranquillity with them and He has put love and mercy between you hearts: verily in that are signs for those who reflect.”                                                            [30:21]