Chapter on Compatibility in Marriage
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 15
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْوَلِيدِ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي رَجُلٍ خَطَبَ إِلَيَّ فَكَتَبَ "مَنْ خَطَبَ إِلَيْكُمْ فَرَضِيتُمْ دِينَهُ وَ أَمَانَتَهُ كَائِناً مَنْ كَانَ فَزَوِّجُوهُ وَ إِلاَّ تَفْعَلُوا "تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي اَلْأَرْضِ وَ فَسٰادٌ كَبِيرٌ" ".
Muhammad ibn al-Walid narrated from al-Husayn ibn Bashshar, who said: I wrote to Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام concerning a man who proposed marriage to someone. Imam عليه السلام replied: "If someone proposes to you, and you are satisfied with his religion and trustworthiness, then marry him, whoever he may be. If you do not do so, there will be 'fitnah (discord) on the earth and great corruption.'"
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وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: " "إِنَّمٰا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ" أَتَزَوَّجُ فِيكُمْ وَ أُزَوِّجُكُمْ إِلاَّ فَاطِمَةَ فَإِنَّ تَزْوِيجَهَا نَزَلَ مِنَ اَلسَّمَاءِ ".
The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) said: "I am only a human being like you; I marry amongst you and I arrange marriages for you. Except for Sayyida Fatimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, for her marriage was decreed from the heavens."
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وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "لَوْ لاَ أَنَّ اَللَّهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ فَاطِمَةَ لِعَلِيٍّ مَا كَانَ لَهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ اَلْأَرْضِ كُفْوٌ آدَمُ فَمَنْ دُونَهُ".
Imam عليه السلام said: "Had Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, not created Sayyida Fatimah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم for Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام, there would not have been any equal for her on the face of the earth, from Adam to those after him."
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وَ نَظَرَ اَلنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى أَوْلاَدِ عَلِيٍّ وَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ "بَنَاتُنَا لِبَنِينَا وَ بَنُونَا لِبَنَاتِنَا ".
The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) looked at the children of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام and Ja'far عليه السلام, peace be upon them, and said: "Our daughters are for our sons, and our sons are for our daughters."
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وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: " اَلْمُؤْمِنُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَكْفَاءُ بَعْضٍ ".
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: " Believers are equals to one another."
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وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "اَلْكُفْؤُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَفِيفاً وَ عِنْدَهُ يَسَارٌ".
Imam عليه السلام said: "A suitable match is one who is chaste and possesses financial means."
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