Completing Deen by Virtue of Nikaah

Hazrat Anas (Radhiyallahu anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: “When the servant of Allah marries then, indeed, he has completed half of Deen. He should now fear Allah (adopt Taqwa) in the half that remains.”

(Baihaqi in Shu’abul Imaan – Mishkaat Shareef)

There are two things with a human which generally are causes for harm and ruin in his Deen – the private parts and the stomach. On the basis of this, the meaning of the Hadeeth is that when a person has married and thus saved himself from the tribulation and harm of the private part, now, he should fear Allah Ta’ala with regard to the tribulation and harm of the stomach. In other words, he should provide himself and his family with halaal earnings and halaal food so that the worth of his Deen becomes complete.

(Mazaahir-e-Haq)