The marriage sermon (khutbat an-nikah)
The sermon recommended before the offer and acceptance of nikah, given here in the two forms the source records.
Before a couple say their marriage words, it is recommended that someone recite a short speech first, called the khutbah, praising Allah and reminding everyone to be mindful of Him. It is best if the bride's guardian reads it, as the Prophet ﷺ himself did at his daughter Fatimah's wedding.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
Bismillāhi'r-Raḥmāni'r-Raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى
An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī
Marriage is from my way of life; whoever turns away from my way is not following me.
The sermon of nikah (khutbat an-nikah) is recommended before the offer and acceptance are exchanged. It is recommended that the bride's guardian himself recite it, as the Prophet ﷺ did at the marriage of his daughter Fatimah az-Zahra, or, failing that, the person conducting the nikah or another righteous man present.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
Bismillāhi'r-Raḥmāni'r-Raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهٗ وَنَسْتَعِينُهٗ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهٗ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ اَنْفُسِنَا وَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَّهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهٗ وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهٗ وَاَشْهَدُ أَن ۡلَّآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهٗ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهٗ وَرَسُولُهٗ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi naḥmaduhū wa nastaʿīnuhū wa nastaghfiruh, wa naʿūdhu billāhi min shurūri anfusinā wa min sayyiʾāti aʿmālinā, man yahdihi'llāhu fa lā muḍilla lah, wa man yuḍlilhu fa lā hādiya lah, wa ashhadu an lā ilāha illa'llāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhū wa rasūluh
All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His help, and we ask His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from our wicked deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can lead astray; and whoever He leaves astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.
أَرْسَلَهٗ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَّنَذِيرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ . مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإِنَّهٗ لَا يَضُرُّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهٗ وَلَا يَضُرُّ اللهَ شَيْئًا . وَنَسْأَلُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِمَّنْ يُطِيعُهٗ وَ يُطِيعُ رَسُولَهٗ، وَيَتَّبِعُ رِضْوَانَهٗ وَيَجْتَنِبُ سَخَطَهٗ، فَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ بِهٖ وَ لَهٗ
Arsalahū bi'l-ḥaqqi bashīran wa nadhīran bayna yadayi's-sāʿah. Man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad rashad, wa man yaʿṣihimā fa innahū lā yaḍurru illā nafsahū wa lā yaḍurru'llāha shayʾā. Wa nasʾalu'llāha an yajʿalanā mimman yuṭīʿuhū wa yuṭīʿu rasūlah, wa yattabiʿu riḍwānahū wa yajtanibu sakhaṭah, fa innamā naḥnu bihī wa lah
He sent him with the truth, as a bringer of good news and a warner before the coming of the Hour. Whoever obeys Allah and His messenger is rightly guided, and whoever disobeys them harms only himself and does not harm Allah in the least. We ask Allah to make us among those who obey Him and obey His messenger, who follow His pleasure and avoid His displeasure, for we exist through Him and for Him.
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ وَّ خَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًاً كَثِيرًا وَّنِسَآءًط وَاتَّقُوُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهٖ وَالْأَرْحَامَ ط إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً . يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تَقٰتِهٖ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ. يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحۡ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرۡ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ، وَ مَنْ يُّطِعِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
Yā ayyuha'n-nāsu'ttaqū rabbakumu'lladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wa khalaqa minhā zawjahā wa baththa minhumā rijālan kathīran wa nisāʾā, wa'ttaqu'llāha'lladhī tasāʾalūna bihī wa'l-arḥām, inna'llāha kāna ʿalaykum raqībā. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha ḥaqqa tuqātihī wa lā tamūtunna illā wa antum muslimūn. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha wa qūlū qawlan sadīdā, yuṣliḥ lakum aʿmālakum wa yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum, wa man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad fāza fawzan ʿaẓīmā
O mankind, be mindful of your Lord, who created you from a single soul, created from it its mate, and spread from the two of them many men and women. Be mindful of Allah, in whose name you ask one another for your rights, and of family ties; Allah is ever watchful over you. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah as He deserves to be feared, and do not die except in a state of submission to Him. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah and speak words that are just and true: He will set right your deeds for you and forgive you your sins, and whoever obeys Allah and His messenger has attained a great triumph.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُوْدَ فَإِنِّي أُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ. وَقَالَ: اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَّخَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِنِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰٓى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمَحْمُودِ بِنِعْمَتِهٖ ، اَلْمَعْبُودِ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ ، اَلْمُطَاعِ بِسُلْطَانِهٖ ، اَلْمَرْهُوبِ مِنْ عَذَابِهٖ وَسَطۡوَتِهٖ ، اَلنَّافِذِ أَمْرَهٗ فِي سَمَآئِهٖ وَ أَرْضِهٖ ، اَلَّذِي خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ وَ أَمَرَهُمۡ بِأَحْكَامِهٖ ، وَ أَعَزَّهُمْ بِدِينِهٖ ، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ بِنَبِيِّهٖ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالٰى تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهٗ وَتَعَالَتْ عَظَمَتُهٗ جَعَلَ الْمُصَاهَرَةَ سَبَباً لَاحِقًا وَ اَمْرًا مُفْتَرَضاً أَوْشَحَ بِهٖ الْأَرْحَامَ وَ اَلْزَمَ الْآنَامَ. فَقَالَ عَزَّ مِنْ قَائِلٍ: وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهٗ نَسَبًا وَ صِهْرًا ط وَ كَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا ، فَاَمۡرُ اللَّهِ تَعَالٰى يَجْرِي إِلٰى قَضَآئِهٖ وَ قَضَآؤُهُ يَجْرِى إِلٰى قَدَرِهٖ ، وَلِكُلِّ قَضَآءٍ قَدَرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَدَرٍ أَجَلٌ وَ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَهٗ أُمُّ الْكِتٰبِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi'l-maḥmūdi bi-niʿmatih, al-maʿbūdi bi-qudratih, al-muṭāʿi bi-sulṭānih, al-marhūbi min ʿadhābihī wa saṭwatih, an-nāfidhi amruhū fī samāʾihī wa arḍih, alladhī khalaqa'l-khalqa bi-qudratihī wa amarahum bi-aḥkāmih, wa aʿazzahum bi-dīnih, wa akramahum bi-nabiyyihī Muḥammadin ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. Inna'llāha taʿālā tabāraka'smuhū wa taʿālat ʿaẓamatuhū jaʿala'l-muṣāharata sababan lāḥiqan wa amran mafrūḍan awshaḥa bihi'l-arḥāma wa alzama'l-anām. Fa qāla ʿazza min qāʾilin: wa huwa'lladhī khalaqa mina'l-māʾi basharan fa jaʿalahū nasaban wa ṣihrā, wa kāna rabbuka qadīrā. Fa amru'llāhi taʿālā yajrī ilā qaḍāʾihī wa qaḍāʾuhū yajrī ilā qadarih, wa likulli qaḍāʾin qadar, wa likulli qadarin ajal, wa likulli ajalin kitāb, yamḥu'llāhu mā yashāʾu wa yuthbit, wa ʿindahū ummu'l-kitāb
Praise belongs to Allah, praised for His favour, worshipped for His power, obeyed for His authority, feared for His punishment and His might, whose command runs through His heaven and His earth; who created creation by His power, commanded them by His rulings, honoured them by His religion, and ennobled them by His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Allah, Most High, blessed is His name and exalted is His majesty, made kinship by marriage a binding cause and an obligatory matter, by which He drew together the ties of family and bound mankind. For He, Mighty is His word, has said: 'And it is He who created a human being from water and gave him lineage and marriage-kinship; and your Lord is ever able to do as He wills.' The command of Allah, Most High, proceeds to His decree, and His decree proceeds to His measure; every decree has a measure, every measure has a term, and every term is written down. Allah erases what He wills and confirms what He wills, and with Him is the source of the Book.
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي أَبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ وَقَالَ :اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَ خَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِ نِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Wa qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
Khutbat an-nikah is mustahabb before the ijab and qubul are exchanged; it is mustahabb that the bride's wali recite it himself, as the Prophet ﷺ did at the nikah of Fatimah az-Zahra (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā), failing which, the officiant or another salih man present. Reciting it is mustahabb, but silent attention to it is wajib on all present. Its content should include hamd of Allah, salawat on the Prophet ﷺ, the shahadatayn, ayat of the Qur'an, and exhortation to taqwa, obedience, and fidelity to one's commitments, nikah itself falling under the category of ʿuhud (covenants). It is preferable that the khutbah be one transmitted in the hadith; the source records two such forms.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
Bismillāhi'r-Raḥmāni'r-Raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهٗ وَنَسْتَعِينُهٗ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهٗ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ اَنْفُسِنَا وَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَّهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهٗ وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهٗ وَاَشْهَدُ أَن ۡلَّآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهٗ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهٗ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهٗ وَرَسُولُهٗ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi naḥmaduhū wa nastaʿīnuhū wa nastaghfiruh, wa naʿūdhu billāhi min shurūri anfusinā wa min sayyiʾāti aʿmālinā, man yahdihi'llāhu fa lā muḍilla lah, wa man yuḍlilhu fa lā hādiya lah, wa ashhadu an lā ilāha illa'llāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhū wa rasūluh
All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His help, and we ask His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from our wicked deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can lead astray; and whoever He leaves astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.
أَرْسَلَهٗ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَّنَذِيرًا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ . مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإِنَّهٗ لَا يَضُرُّ إِلَّا نَفْسَهٗ وَلَا يَضُرُّ اللهَ شَيْئًا . وَنَسْأَلُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنَا مِمَّنْ يُطِيعُهٗ وَ يُطِيعُ رَسُولَهٗ، وَيَتَّبِعُ رِضْوَانَهٗ وَيَجْتَنِبُ سَخَطَهٗ، فَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ بِهٖ وَ لَهٗ
Arsalahū bi'l-ḥaqqi bashīran wa nadhīran bayna yadayi's-sāʿah. Man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad rashad, wa man yaʿṣihimā fa innahū lā yaḍurru illā nafsahū wa lā yaḍurru'llāha shayʾā. Wa nasʾalu'llāha an yajʿalanā mimman yuṭīʿuhū wa yuṭīʿu rasūlah, wa yattabiʿu riḍwānahū wa yajtanibu sakhaṭah, fa innamā naḥnu bihī wa lah
He sent him with the truth, as a bringer of good news and a warner before the coming of the Hour. Whoever obeys Allah and His messenger is rightly guided, and whoever disobeys them harms only himself and does not harm Allah in the least. We ask Allah to make us among those who obey Him and obey His messenger, who follow His pleasure and avoid His displeasure, for we exist through Him and for Him.
يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ وَّ خَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًاً كَثِيرًا وَّنِسَآءًط وَاتَّقُوُ اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَآءَلُونَ بِهٖ وَالْأَرْحَامَ ط إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً . يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تَقٰتِهٖ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ. يٰٓأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحۡ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرۡ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ، وَ مَنْ يُّطِعِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهٗ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
Yā ayyuha'n-nāsu'ttaqū rabbakumu'lladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wa khalaqa minhā zawjahā wa baththa minhumā rijālan kathīran wa nisāʾā, wa'ttaqu'llāha'lladhī tasāʾalūna bihī wa'l-arḥām, inna'llāha kāna ʿalaykum raqībā. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha ḥaqqa tuqātihī wa lā tamūtunna illā wa antum muslimūn. Yā ayyuha'lladhīna āmanu'ttaqu'llāha wa qūlū qawlan sadīdā, yuṣliḥ lakum aʿmālakum wa yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum, wa man yuṭiʿi'llāha wa rasūlahū faqad fāza fawzan ʿaẓīmā
O mankind, be mindful of your Lord, who created you from a single soul, created from it its mate, and spread from the two of them many men and women. Be mindful of Allah, in whose name you ask one another for your rights, and of family ties; Allah is ever watchful over you. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah as He deserves to be feared, and do not die except in a state of submission to Him. O you who believe, be mindful of Allah and speak words that are just and true: He will set right your deeds for you and forgive you your sins, and whoever obeys Allah and His messenger has attained a great triumph.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُوْدَ فَإِنِّي أُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ. وَقَالَ: اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَّخَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِنِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰٓى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمَحْمُودِ بِنِعْمَتِهٖ ، اَلْمَعْبُودِ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ ، اَلْمُطَاعِ بِسُلْطَانِهٖ ، اَلْمَرْهُوبِ مِنْ عَذَابِهٖ وَسَطۡوَتِهٖ ، اَلنَّافِذِ أَمْرَهٗ فِي سَمَآئِهٖ وَ أَرْضِهٖ ، اَلَّذِي خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ بِقُدْرَتِهٖ وَ أَمَرَهُمۡ بِأَحْكَامِهٖ ، وَ أَعَزَّهُمْ بِدِينِهٖ ، وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ بِنَبِيِّهٖ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالٰى تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهٗ وَتَعَالَتْ عَظَمَتُهٗ جَعَلَ الْمُصَاهَرَةَ سَبَباً لَاحِقًا وَ اَمْرًا مُفْتَرَضاً أَوْشَحَ بِهٖ الْأَرْحَامَ وَ اَلْزَمَ الْآنَامَ. فَقَالَ عَزَّ مِنْ قَائِلٍ: وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهٗ نَسَبًا وَ صِهْرًا ط وَ كَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا ، فَاَمۡرُ اللَّهِ تَعَالٰى يَجْرِي إِلٰى قَضَآئِهٖ وَ قَضَآؤُهُ يَجْرِى إِلٰى قَدَرِهٖ ، وَلِكُلِّ قَضَآءٍ قَدَرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَدَرٍ أَجَلٌ وَ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ يَمْحُو اللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَهٗ أُمُّ الْكِتٰبِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi'l-maḥmūdi bi-niʿmatih, al-maʿbūdi bi-qudratih, al-muṭāʿi bi-sulṭānih, al-marhūbi min ʿadhābihī wa saṭwatih, an-nāfidhi amruhū fī samāʾihī wa arḍih, alladhī khalaqa'l-khalqa bi-qudratihī wa amarahum bi-aḥkāmih, wa aʿazzahum bi-dīnih, wa akramahum bi-nabiyyihī Muḥammadin ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam. Inna'llāha taʿālā tabāraka'smuhū wa taʿālat ʿaẓamatuhū jaʿala'l-muṣāharata sababan lāḥiqan wa amran mafrūḍan awshaḥa bihi'l-arḥāma wa alzama'l-anām. Fa qāla ʿazza min qāʾilin: wa huwa'lladhī khalaqa mina'l-māʾi basharan fa jaʿalahū nasaban wa ṣihrā, wa kāna rabbuka qadīrā. Fa amru'llāhi taʿālā yajrī ilā qaḍāʾihī wa qaḍāʾuhū yajrī ilā qadarih, wa likulli qaḍāʾin qadar, wa likulli qadarin ajal, wa likulli ajalin kitāb, yamḥu'llāhu mā yashāʾu wa yuthbit, wa ʿindahū ummu'l-kitāb
Praise belongs to Allah, praised for His favour, worshipped for His power, obeyed for His authority, feared for His punishment and His might, whose command runs through His heaven and His earth; who created creation by His power, commanded them by His rulings, honoured them by His religion, and ennobled them by His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Allah, Most High, blessed is His name and exalted is His majesty, made kinship by marriage a binding cause and an obligatory matter, by which He drew together the ties of family and bound mankind. For He, Mighty is His word, has said: 'And it is He who created a human being from water and gave him lineage and marriage-kinship; and your Lord is ever able to do as He wills.' The command of Allah, Most High, proceeds to His decree, and His decree proceeds to His measure; every decree has a measure, every measure has a term, and every term is written down. Allah erases what He wills and confirms what He wills, and with Him is the source of the Book.
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اَلنِّكَاحُ مِنْ سُنَّتِي فَمَنْ رَّغِبَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنِّى وَقَالَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي أَبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ وَقَالَ :اَلدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا مَتَاعٌ وَ خَيْرُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا الْمَرْأَةُ الصَّالِحَةُ. اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِ نِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَعَلٰى اٰلِهٖ وَ أَصْحَابِهٖ وَأَزْوَاجِهٖ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهٖ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهٖ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا كَثِيرًا۔
Wa qāla rasūlu'llāhi ṣalla'llāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam: An-nikāḥu min sunnatī, faman raghiba ʿan sunnatī fa laysa minnī. Wa qāla: Tazawwaju'l-wadūda'l-walūda fa innī mubāhin bikumu'l-umam. Wa qāla: Ad-dunyā kulluhā matāʿun wa khayru matāʿi'd-dunyā al-marʾatu'ṣ-ṣāliḥah. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammadini'n-nabiyyi'l-ummiyyi wa ʿalā ālihī wa aṣḥābihī wa azwājihī wa dhurriyyātihī wa ahli baytihī wa sallam taslīman kathīran kathīrā
And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Marriage is from my sunnah; whoever turns away from my sunnah is not of me.' And he said: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for I will boast of your numbers before the other nations.' And he said: 'The whole world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.' O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family, his companions, his wives, his descendants and the people of his household, and grant abundant peace.
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