Increasing the Number of Muslims
In Islam, what counts is not quantity alone, but quantity together with quality. Therefore, we are urged to increase the number of GOOD Muslims – not superficial Muslims. Good Muslims are those who live by Allah’s commands and follow His Messenger’s guidance. Such are the people who should increase and multiply so as to establish Allah’s religion in this life and enter His gardens in the nest.
A Muslim should marry with the intention of increasing the number of righteous Muslims. Subsequently, he should strive to raise his family upon to the true religion. Only then, would they be among the numbers of Muslims who will please and delight Allah’s Messenger on Judgement Day to the extent that he will boast about them in front of the multitudes of nations who will be present.
Abu Hurayrah (radhiyAllaahu anh) reported that Allah’s Messenger said:
“Marry, because I will exhibit your large numbers (on Judgement Day).”
(Ibn Majah. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani (Sahih-ul-Jami’ no. 1514)
Abu Umamah (radhiyAllaahu anh) reported that Allah’s Messenger said:
“Marry so that (on Judgement Day) I will be delighted by your outnumbering other nations. Do not practice monasticism like the Christians.”
(al-Bayhaqi and others. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani (Sahih-ul-Jami’ no. 2941 & as-Sahihah no. 1782)
Strengthening the Muslim Community
When a nation multiplies in the right and lawful way, it preserves the kinship relationships and protects its citizens from diseases – which results in a powerful nation. To the contrary, adultery loosens and severs kinship ties, and results in the spread of diseases and perversions, which cause the nations to decline and fall. Allah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala) wants the Muslim Ummah to be a powerful nation capable of establishing His laws and spreading His guidance in a most efficient way. This may only be fulfilled through maintaining chastity with lawful marriage.
In Islam, what counts is not quantity alone, but quantity together with quality. Therefore, we are urged to increase the number of GOOD Muslims – not superficial Muslims. Good Muslims are those who live by Allah’s commands and follow His Messenger’s guidance. Such are the people who should increase and multiply so as to establish Allah’s religion in this life and enter His gardens in the nest.
A Muslim should marry with the intention of increasing the number of righteous Muslims. Subsequently, he should strive to raise his family upon to the true religion. Only then, would they be among the numbers of Muslims who will please and delight Allah’s Messenger on Judgement Day to the extent that he will boast about them in front of the multitudes of nations who will be present.
Abu Hurayrah (radhiyAllaahu anh) reported that Allah’s Messenger said:
“Marry, because I will exhibit your large numbers (on Judgement Day).”
(Ibn Majah. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani (Sahih-ul-Jami’ no. 1514)
Abu Umamah (radhiyAllaahu anh) reported that Allah’s Messenger said:
“Marry so that (on Judgement Day) I will be delighted by your outnumbering other nations. Do not practice monasticism like the Christians.”
(al-Bayhaqi and others. Verified to be authentic by al-Albani (Sahih-ul-Jami’ no. 2941 & as-Sahihah no. 1782)
Strengthening the Muslim Community
When a nation multiplies in the right and lawful way, it preserves the kinship relationships and protects its citizens from diseases – which results in a powerful nation. To the contrary, adultery loosens and severs kinship ties, and results in the spread of diseases and perversions, which cause the nations to decline and fall. Allah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala) wants the Muslim Ummah to be a powerful nation capable of establishing His laws and spreading His guidance in a most efficient way. This may only be fulfilled through maintaining chastity with lawful marriage.