وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي نَبَئِهِ الصَّادِقِ...
وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي نَبَئِهِ الصَّادِقِ وَ كِتَابِهِ النَّاطِقِ أَنَّ مِنْ أَحَقِّ الْأَسْبَابِ بِالصِّلَةِ وَ أَوْلَى الْأُمُورِ بِالتَّقْدِمَةِ سَبَباً أَوْجَبَ نَسَباً وَ أَمْراً أَعْقَبَ غِنًى And the Praise is for Allah -azwj Who was the Truthful in His -azwj news, and His -azwj speaking Book of the most rightful of the cause for bonds to be maintained, and the most worthy of being prioritised is a bond that becomes obligatory through lineage and a matter that brings about richness.
فَقَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْماءِ بَشَراً فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَباً وَ صِهْراً وَ كانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيراً وَ قَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ وَ أَنْكِحُوا الْأَيامى مِنْكُمْ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكُمْ وَ إِمائِكُمْ إِنْ يَكُونُوا فُقَراءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَ اللَّهُ واسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ He -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Laudation, Said: And He it is Who Created a person from the water, so He Made for him relationships of lineage and marriage; and your Lord was always Powerful [25:54] .
And, Majestic is His -azwj Laudation, Said: And marry the single ones from you, and the righteous ones from your slaves and maids. If they happen to be poor, Allah would Enrich them from His Grace, and Allah is Capacious, Knowing [24:32] .
وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي الْمُنَاكَحَةِ وَ الْمُصَاهَرَةِ آيَةٌ مُنْزَلَةٌ وَ لَا سُنَّةٌ مُتَّبَعَةٌ لَكَانَ مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ مِنْ بِرِّ الْقَرِيبِ وَ تَأَلُّفِ الْبَعِيدِ مَا رَغِبَ فِيهِ الْعَاقِلُ اللَّبِيبُ وَ سَارَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُوَفَّقُ الْمُصِيبُ And even if there had not been a Revealed Verse regarding the marriages and the relationships, nor a Sunnah to be followed, whatever Allah -azwj has Made in it of kindness to relatives and the bonding of distant ones would be enough to make the intelligent and wise desire it and the guided and successful hasten toward it.
فَأَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِاللَّهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ أَمْرَهُ وَ أَنْفَذَ حُكْمَهُ وَ أَمْضَى قَضَاءَهُ وَ رَجَا جَزَاءَهُ وَ نَحْنُ نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَعْزِمَ لَنَا وَ لَكُمْ عَلَى أَوْفَقِ الْأُمُورِ The foremost of the people with Allah -azwj is the one who obeys His -azwj Commands, and implements His -azwj Judgment, and carry out His -azwj Decree, and hope for His -azwj Reward. We ask Allah -azwj the Exalted, to Guide us and you to what is most proper and suitable.
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