1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

536 Questions

Is it allowed to marry a Sunni man who doesn’t have animosity toward Ahlulbayt AS but also has affection for their adversaries?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Many men show something before marriage or soon after marriage but change after few years after marriage. Are you sure that this man will not change after few years? You need to be sure that your faith and religious practice will never be harmed by anyone now and in the future.

Wassalam.
If a person has valid concerns about their birth circumstances, such as discrepancies in marriage and birth dates, but is informed otherwise are they still considered legitimate?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes, he is legitimate unless and until he gets a concrete evidence proving otherwise.

Wassalam.
Is it true that marriage is not obligatory and individuals who choose not to marry but remain chaste and focus on their careers will not be considered sinful?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'āla

It is makruh to choose to stay single. There are numerous narrations that censure being single, and explain the many benefits of marriage. 

The only time marriage would be obligatory is if one falls into sin, and marriage would solve that problem. 

One can combine between marriage and focus on career as well. 

And Allah knows best
Is it true that marriage is not obligatory and individuals who choose not to marry but remain chaste and focus on their careers will not be considered sinful?
Amina Inloes

Yes

Marriage is recommended in the sunnah, and in a good situation, can provide stability, security, support, spiritual blessings, and happiness, and women in particular (even today) tend to enjoy a higher standard of living and more security when married. Of course, sometimes it doesn't work out well.  Anyway it is optional, and some important sacred figures like Hazrat Maryam (a) were not married (in the view of Muslims). 
 

This is a Shii view, and some Sunnis debate whether marriage is obligatory or not (although a good number of Sunnis would say it is not).