Tradition n. 246

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

لَرَكعَتانِ يُصَلِّيهِما مُتَزَّوِجٌ اَفضَـلُ مِن رَجُلٍ عَزَبٍ يَقُومُ لَيلَـهُ وَ يَصُومُ نَهارَهُ

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “A two rak'at prayer that a married person establishes is worthier than when a bachelor keeps up prayers at nights and fasts during the days.

Man La Yahduruh al-Faqih, vol. 3, p. 384

Tradition n. 247

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

اَلمُتَزَوِّجُ النّائِمُ اَفضَلُ عِندَالله مِنَ الصّائِمِ القائِمِ العَزَبِ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The sleep of a married person is better with Allah than an unmarried one who fasts during the day and keeps vigil at night, establishing prayers.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 221

Tradition n. 248

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

خِيارُ أُمَّتِي اَل مُتَأَهِّلُونَ وَ شِرارُ أُمَّتِي اَل عُزّابُ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “(Mostly) the doers of good of my Ummah are the married ones, while the vicious of them are unmarried.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 221

Tradition n. 249

قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

جاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلى أَبي، فَقالَ عليه السلام لَهُ هَل لَكَ زَوجَةٌ قالَ: لا، قالَ لا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِيَ الدّنيا وَ مَا فِيها وَ أَنّي أَبيتُ لَيلَةً و لَيسَ لي زَوجَةٌ، قالَ: ثُمَّ قالَ إنَّ رَكعَتَينِ يُصَلِّيهِما رَجُلٌ مُتَزَوِّجٌ أَف ضَلُ مِن رَجُلٍ يَقُومُ لَيلَهُ وَ يَصُـومُ نَهارَهُ، أَع زَبَ ثُمَّ أَعطاهُ أَبي سَبعَة دَنانِيرَ قالَ تَزَوَّج بِهذِهِ.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “Once a man came to my father. He (‘a) asked him whether he had a wife and he answered he had not. Then, my father said that he would not like to possess the world and what it includes but sleep one night without having a wife. Then he (‘a) added that the two rak'at prayer established by a married man is worthier than that an unmarried man keeps vigil at night praying and fasts during the day. After that, he (‘a) gave him seven golden coins (Dinar) and told him to marry with that.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 217