seekeroftruth
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Quran 24:32. And wed the singles among you, and those who are fit among your servants and maids. If they are poor, God will enrich them from His bounty. God is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing.
33. And let those who do not find the means to marry abstain, until God enriches them from His bounty. If any of your servants wish to be freed, grant them their wish, if you recognize some good in them. And give them of God’s wealth which he has given you. And do not compel your girls to prostitution, seeking the materials of this life, if they desire to remain chaste. Should anyone compel them—after their compulsion, God is Forgiving and Merciful.
34. We have sent down to you clarifying revelations, and examples of those who passed on before you, and advice for the righteous.
Here's the commentary for these verses..... see why I split verse 31 out?
The Holy Qur’ån looks upon the married state as the normal state, and hence it enjoins that, so far as is possible, those who are single should be married. It also requires both male and female slaves to be kept in a state of marriage. The keeping of concubines or unmarried slave-girls is clearly inconsistent with this. As a religion Islåm is against celibacy, and considers parenthood to be the duty of every human being. In the civilized society of today most persons refuse to accept the responsibilities of parenthood, offering as an excuse the insufficiency of means to support a family. The Qur’ån disposes of this false excuse in the simple words, if they are needy, Allåh will make them free from want out of His grace.
The Holy Prophet, too, laid stress on Muslim men and women living in a married state. Thus he is reported to have said: “He who is able to marry should marry. For it keeps the gaze low and guards chastity; and he who cannot should take to fasting (occasionally), for it will have a castrating effect on him”. On another occasion he said, addressing some young men who talked of fasting in the day-time and keeping awake during the night, and keeping away from marriage: “I keep fast and I break it, and I pray and I sleep, and I am married, so whoever inclines to any other way than my sunnah, he is not of me”. According to one √adßth, the man who marries perfects half his religion. Celibacy is expressly forbidden.
The words translated as those who cannot find a match may also mean those who cannot find the means to marry. Marriage thus becomes an obligatory institution in Islåm, only those being excused who cannot find a match or who lack the means to marry. Marriage, in fact, affords the surest guarantee for the betterment of the moral tone of society.
The word kitåb, translated writing, as used here, stands for mukåtabah, which is an infinitive noun of kåtaba, signifying he (a slave) made a written (or other) contract with him (his master), that he (the former) should pay a certain sum as the price of himself, and on the payment thereof be free (LL); also he (a master) made such a contract with him (his slave). It was called a kitåb (or writing) because of the obligation which the master imposed on himself. The money was paid in two or more instalments. Thus every possible facility was afforded to the slave to earn his freedom. Though the practice of the master making such a contract with the slave prevailed before the advent of Islåm, the important reform introduced by Islåm was that, when a slave desired such a contract to be made, the master could not refuse it. Twelve centuries before any attempt was made by any individual or community to legislate for the liberty of slaves, a dweller in the Arabian desert had laid down this noble institution, that, if a slave asked for a writing of freedom, he was not only to be given that writing by the master, but he was also to be provided with money to purchase his freedom, the only condition being if you know any good in them, i.e., if he is fit for work and able to earn his livelihood. And, in addition, the duty was imposed upon the State of spending a part of the collection of the poor-rate for this object.
It is related that ‘Abd Allåh ibn Ubayy, the leader of the hypocrites, kept slave-girls for prostitution. Prostitution, which seems to have prevailed before the advent of Islåm in Arabia, is condemned here. But this curse has obtained an incredible prevalence in the whole of Christendom, and is legalized in many countries of Europe as a necessary evil, while in others it is openly connived at.
Marriage is good for a moral society....Can't keep your gaze down? Can't keep you privates secure? Get married or visit a hooker.
I never thought of Prostitutes as birth control.... but hey.... it beats surgery right?
This is about sex.... the reason for sex is procreation....
Marriage is the way to go, according to verse 32.
It keep society moral. It produces children.
Prostitution.... not so much.
So even slaves were encouraged to be married.... and Prostitutes were to be taken off the streets.... for the good of Society.
Men should keep their gaze down.... away from the beauty of women.... so they wouldn't go mad with desire.
Men should marry.... God [Allah] will take care of everything..... so they wouldn't go mad with desire.
Men should marry.... unless they were one of those "slaves" who were allowed to see their mistress naked without going mad with desire.... gay men.
So.... people should marry.
Marriage is good for a moral society.
