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which shows without question that
the contract has fallen absolutely and
completely. Meaning that there is no
ability that the contract had befallen
for another purpose. It has to have
three aspects and that is the Past tense
command, Present command, and a
future command. In the past tense,
the woman must say "I have
MARRIED myself to you and given
myself in intercourse to you and
pleasure." And this is the best and
most complete of the formats. And
the format of the acceptance is that he
says, "I have accepted the marriage,
or I have accepted the intercourse,
and its okay to just say I have
accepted." And if she says I have
married myself to you, and he just
says I have accepted, then
immediately the contract falls.
The first aspect is that the marriage
needs her giving herself and him
accepting and those two things
indicated and that it point towards
the contract and lifts all suspicions of
all other things.
This is one format, but the second
aspect is a different format, and if a
man goes towards a woman with the
intention of this contract and he says,
"marry yourself to me in such and
such", and if she says I accept, then
the contract has fallen. What about
the future format? The man shall say,
"I WILL marry you", and she says "I
will marry you" in the future tense,
the contract also falls. So if he says to
you I shall marry you and she says I
marry you, the contract falls and he
does not have to say I accept after
that.
IMPORTANT: And if the person, the
guardian or the wife says I have given
myself in mutah or he says I marry
myself in mutah, and they do not
mention a time limit, it automatically
becomes permanent. In a mutah you
have to define the time length for a
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period which is the minimum of six
months and if you do not mention it,
it falls as a permanent marriage.
And it is not okay to say the words of
the contract in a language other than
Arabic, and you cannot translate it to
another format except the complete
inability to say it, (meaning the nonarabs must learn the phrases in
Arabic). And if they absolutely cannot
say it, they can translate to their own
languages. So basically if there are
two people and one can speak Arabic
and one cannot, then the one who
pronounces Arabic should say it in
Arabic and the other in their own
language, and if they are deaf or
mute, then they must do it in sign
language. And the contract cannot fall
with the phrases "I have sold myself
to you", or "I have given myself",
"You own me", or "I have rented
myself to you".
This is all in regards to marriage and
the contract sealing it, and
Alhamdulillah for His Mercy and
Compassion in bestowing upon many
Ansar Allah brothers and sisters the
union of marriage, and we pray that
Allah (swt) gives them success and
good, and that it is a means of gaining
nearness to Him (swt), and we pray
that Allah (swt) blesses them with
beautiful and pure seed, that will
serve the future Mahdis (as).
Even though there are Hadith that
talk about those who will be single in
the end times and it not being haram,
let us not forget that it is the sunnah
of the Prophet (s.a.w), and there are
great inner and apparent blessings
with it.
And for all those who have gathered
together in marriage for the sake of
Allah (swt), just a reminder about the
solitude between the man and the
woman;
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It is makroo to gather together in
eight times....The night of the eclipse
of the moon, it is not haram but it is
not desired or like, (and most of you
understand makroo, wajib, mustahab,
etc. etc.) We are talking about
unification of the husband and wife
and their private areas. The second
time is the day of the eclipse of the
sun, and it is also makroo at the time
where your shadow is right
underneath you, (meaning when the
sun is right above you, mid-day), and
at the time of the sun-set of the sun
until dusk leaves, so from after the
time of sun-set till the finishing of
dusk it is makroo to have sex with
your wife, until the redness leaves the
sky. And in the days where the moon
is in its last nights, (at the last three
days of the month) and Imam Ali (a.s)
determined it to be the last
Wednesday of every Arabic month.
And after the emergence of the dawn
until the emergence of the sun it is
makroo to have intercourse with your
wife. And it is makroo to gather with
your wife in the first night of every
Islamic month, except in the month of
Ramadan, it is mustahab to have
intercourse with your wife on the first
night of Ramadan, and it is makroo to
have sex in the first night of every
arabic month. And in the night in the
middle of the month (the 15th) it is
also makroo, which is the night of the
full moon.
Also just a quick reminder for the
brothers wanting to get closer to
Allah (swt), the hadith are many
about the married believer and his
rewards in prayer and fasting are
manifold, and Allah (swt) is Most
Gracious and Merciful.
And all praises are to Allah (swt) who
guided us to Ahmad Al Hassan (a.s)
and to the knowledge of the Ahlul
Bayt (a.s).
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