When Getting Married is Sunnat and When it is Waajib

1. It comes in the Hadeeth that the number of Saffs (rows) on the Day of Qiyaamat will be 120. 40 rows will comprise of the previous Ummats whilst 80 rows will be of the Ummat of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam).
2. Subhaanallah! How Allah Ta’ala wishes to keep Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) happy!
3. “A person who has the means (to fulfil the rights of a wife), he should marry.”
4. “And he who does not have the means, (that is, he does not have the wealth to fulfil the rights of a wife), he should fast. (By fasting his carnal desire will subside.)
5. “Indeed, fasting for him is like severing the carnal nerve.”
6. If a man does not have an intense desire for a woman, rather his desire is moderate and balanced, and furthermore he is able to bear the necessary expenses for a wife, then it is Sunnat-e-Mu-akkadah for such a person to get married.
7. For a person who has an intense desire it is Waajib and necessary to get married because there is fear that, may Allah Ta’ala forbid, he commits zina. He will become sinful of fornication.
8. If despite an intense desire a person is unable to provide the necessary expenses for a woman then such a person should fast abundantly. When he has the financial means to provide for his wife then he should marry.

(Behshti Zewar)