Love which ends in marriageFirstly: The relationship that develops between a man and a non-mahram woman, which people call “love” is a combination of haraam things that transgress shar’i and moral limits.No wise person will doubt that thisrelationship is haraam, because it involves a man being alone with a non-mahram woman, looking at her, touching her, kissing, and speaking words filled with love andadmiration, which provokes desire.This relationship may lead to things that are more serious than that, as is happening nowadays.Secondly:Studies have shown that most of the marriages that are based on prior love between a man and woman fail, whereas most marriages that are not based on haraam relationships, which people call “traditional marriages”,succeed.In a field study done by a French sociologist, the conclusion was:Marriage is more likely to succeed when the two parties did not fall inlove before marriage.In another study of 1500 families, undertaken by Professor Isma’eel ‘Abd al-Baari, the conclusion was that more than 75% of love marriages ended in divorce, whilstthe rate among traditional marriages – those which were not based on prior love – was less than5%.We can mention the most important causes of this outcome:1- Emotion blinds one to seeing faults and dealing with them, as it is said: “Love is blind”. One or bothparties may have faults that make them unsuitable for the other, butthose faults only become apparentafter marriage.2- The lovers may think that life is an unending journey of love, so wesee that they only speak of love and dreams, etc. They never speakabout the problems of life and how to deal with them. This notionis destroyed after marriage, when they are confronted with the problems and responsibilities of life.3- The lovers are not used to debate and discussion, rather they are used to sacrifice and compromise in order to please theother party. Often they have arguments because each party wants to compromise and please the other. Then the opposite happens after marriage, and their arguments lead to a problem, as each one is used to the other agreeing with him or her, without any argument.4- The image that each lover has of the other is not a true image, because each party is being kind and gentle and trying to please theother. This is the image that each is trying to present to the other during the so-called “love” phase, but no one can carry on doing that throughout his or her life, so the true image appears after marriage, and leads to problems.5- The period of love is usually based on dreams and exaggerations that do not correspond with the reality that appears after marriage. The lover may think that he is going to bring her a piece of the moon, and he will never be happy unless she is the happiest person in the world, and so on.But in return, she is going to live with him in one room and on the ground, and she has no requests or demands so long as she has wonhim, and that is sufficient for her. As one of them said, “A small nest is sufficient for us” and “A small morsel is sufficient for us” and “I will be content if you give me a piece of cheese and an olive”! This is exaggerated emotional talk, and both parties quickly forget it after marriage, and the woman complains about her husband’s miserliness, and his failure to meet her needs. Then the husbandbegins to complain about having too many demands and too many expenses.For these reasons and others, we are not surprised when each party says after marriage that they weredeceived and that they rushed intoit. The man regrets not marrying So and so who was suggested to him by his parents, and the woman regrets not marrying So and so whom her parents approved of, but in fact they rejected him because of her wishes. So the result is this very high rate of divorce for marriages which people thought would be examples of the happiest marriages in the world!Thirdly:The reasons mentioned above are real, and have happened in real life, but we should not ignore the real reason for the failure of thesemarriages, which are based on disobedience to Allaah. Islam can never approve of these sinful relationships, even if the aim is marriage. Therefore they cannot escape the just divine punishment,as Allaah says (interpretationof the meaning):“But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believesin this Qur’aan nor acts on its teachings) verily, for him is a life of hardship”[Ta-Ha 20:124]A hard and difficult life is the result of disobeying Allaah and turning away from His Revelation.And Allaah says (interpretationof the meaning):“And if the people of the towns had believed and had the Taqwa (piety), certainly, We should have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the earth”[al-A’raaf 7:96]Blessings from Allaah are a rewardfor faith and piety, but if there is no faith or piety, or only a little thereof, the blessing will be reduced or even non-existent.And Allaah says (interpretationof the meaning):“Whoever works righteousness — whether male or female — while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to himWe will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shallpay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)”[al-Nahl 16:97]A good life is the fruit of faith and righteous deeds.Allaah indeed spoke the truth when He said (interpretationof the meaning):“Is it then he who laid the foundation of his building on piety to Allaah and His Good Pleasure better, or he who laid the foundation of his building on the brink of an undetermined precipice ready to crumble down, so that it crumbled to pieces with him into the fire of Hell. And Allaah guides not the people who are the Zaalimoon (wrongdoers)”[al-Tawbah 9:109]The one whose marriage is based on this haraam foundation must hasten to repent and seek forgiveness and seek a righteous life that is based on faith, piety and righteous deeds.May Allaah help us all to do that which He loves and which pleases Him.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 01:02:52 +0000
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