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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Youth and Spouse Selection Chapter One: Excellence of Marriage Man and Woman: Enhancements of Each Other Allah created man in a manner in which he is incomplete and imperfect without a spouse. Man may upgrade his knowledge, faith and qualities, but he shall never reach the desired perfection while he does not have a spouse. (Be it man or woman). Nothing can substitute marriage and the raising of a family.

Both the male and female sexes need each other from a spiritual, as well as physical point of view. And each one of them is incomplete and imperfect when alone and in solitude. When they are placed beside each other, they complete each other. This is the law of creation and it commands the whole universe. The Qur’an calls man and woman the dress of each other.

هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَهُنَّ “They (wives) are as a dress for you (husbands) and you are as a dress for them.” (2: 187) That is to say, they are the enhancement, counterpart, and guard of each other’s honour and secrets, and each one needs the other. Man cannot live honourably and eminently in society without dress. He feels himself in a state of imperfection. The lonely person too feels himself imperfect. Dress saves and protects a person from the effects of winter and summer.

The spouse too saves one from worries, futility, homelessness, aimlessness, and solitude. As a dress decorates man, spouses too are the decoration of each other. Spouse: A Big Blessing From Allah One of the greatest blessings of Allah to man is a nice life‑partner. The Prophet (S) said in this regard: ما اسْتَفَادَ امْرُؤٌ مُسْلِمٌ فَائِدَةً بَعْدَ الإسْلامِ أفْضَلَ مِنْ زَوْجَةٍ مُسْلِمَةٍ (أو صَالِحَةٍ).

“The Muslim man has not achieved any benefit (from Allah’s blessings) better than a suitable Muslim wife, after Islam.”[^1] Marriage Philosophy It is possible that some people who have not appreciated the depth of the philosophy of marriage and setting up of a joint life may say: ‘We satisfy our sexual lust through many other means apart from marriage and fulfil this desire through other ways, so what is the need of accepting the responsibility of marriage?” It should be said in response to this creed and question that fulfilment of sexual desire and lust is not the only achievement and advantage of marriage.

It is only one of its benefits.

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