LessonsJustice, Accountability, and Moderation in Worship (Accounts 37–38)Quiz

وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ
“And I marry.”

Atazawwaj is a present-tense verb referring to the speaker: “I marry”; an-nisāʾ is its object.

The third man thought that avoiding marriage forever was a higher form of devotion. The Prophet ﷺ clarified that lawful married life is not opposed to religious dedication; it forms part of his lived Sunnah.

Individual circumstances vary. The issue in this account is declaring a self-imposed form of celibate asceticism inherently more religious than the Prophetic model.

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I marry: Lawful family life is not contrary to worship

Justice, Accountability, and Moderation in Worship (Accounts 37–38)

وَأَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ
“And I marry.”

Atazawwaj is a present-tense verb referring to the speaker: “I marry”; an-nisāʾ is its object.

The third man thought that avoiding marriage forever was a higher form of devotion. The Prophet ﷺ clarified that lawful married life is not opposed to religious dedication; it forms part of his lived Sunnah.

Individual circumstances vary. The issue in this account is declaring a self-imposed form of celibate asceticism inherently more religious than the Prophetic model.