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In closing, please remember the brothers and sisters of Canada and America in your supplications, especially the dear, valuable youth." Opinion of Ayatullah al-Uzma al-Hajj as-Sayyid Ali al-Husaini as-Sistani بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Answer 1: Marriage in itself is a highly recommended act such that if a person fears that he/she will fall into a forbidden (haram) act, and the only way that he can prevent himself from committing that (forbidden) act is to get married, then it becomes obligatory (wajib) to get married.

Answer 2: It has been narrated from the Noble Prophet of Islam (S) that: مَنْ تَزَوَّجَ أَحْرَزَ نَصْفَ دِيَنِهِ "The person who marries safeguards half of his religion." And he (S) has also stated that: ما اسْتَفادَ امْرَءٌ مُسْلِمٌ فائِدَةً بَعْدَ الإِسْلامِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ زَوْجَةٍ مُسْلِمَةٍ تَسٌرُّهُ إِذا نَظَرَ إِلَيْها وَتُطِيعُهُ إِذا أَمَرَها وَتَحْفَظُهُ إِذا غابَ عَنْها فِي نَفْسِها وَمالِهِ "There is nothing that has benefited the Muslim after (accepting the religion of) al-Islam greater than marrying a Muslim woman.

He becomes elated when he looks at her and she obeys him when he directs her to do something and she protects him (her husband) when he is not there in relation to her self and his wealth." It has been narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad as- Sadiq (as) that: رَكْعَتانِ يُصَلِّيها الْمُتَزَوِّجُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ رَكْعَةٍ يُصَلِّيها أَعْزَبُ "The two Rakat that a married person prays of his Salat is better than seventy Rakat that a bachelor performs." Answer 3: It is sufficient to look at the code of conduct of the Noble Prophet of Islam (S) after the death of Khadijah (as) and the code of conduct of Amir al-Mominin Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) after the death of Siddiqatul Kubra (as).

Office of Ayatullah al-Uzma al-Hajj as-Sayyid Ali al-Husaini as-Sistani [25th of Safar, 1423 (April 28, 2003)] Opinion of Ayatullah al-Uzma al-Hajj as-Sayyid Ali al-Husaini Khamenei بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Salam Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, Answer (to Questions 1, 2, & 3): Marriage is one of the highly recommended acts (in Islam) and that which has been mentioned by way of encouragement in getting married and the perils of not getting married are too much to enumerate (in the ahadith).