🧭 Preparation & choosing a spouse · #12
What is the right intention when getting married?
The best intention is to marry for the sake of Allah: to guard one's chastity, follow the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, build a Muslim family and raise righteous offspring.
Every deed is judged by its intention; the hadith on intention itself mentions that one who emigrated for a woman he wished to marry gets only what he intended. So a marriage with a good intention becomes worship — indeed maintenance and kindness to one's spouse are rewarded. Other intentions such as love and a comfortable life are not wrong, but keep them in line with the goal of the Hereafter. Renew your intention throughout the marriage, not only at the contract. Allah made marriage a source of tranquillity, love and mercy (ar-Rum 30:21).
Every deed is judged by its intention; the hadith on intention itself mentions that one who emigrated for a woman he wished to marry gets only what he intended. So a marriage with a good intention becomes worship — indeed maintenance and kindness to one's spouse are rewarded. Other intentions such as love and a comfortable life are not wrong, but keep them in line with the goal of the Hereafter. Renew your intention throughout the marriage, not only at the contract. Allah made marriage a source of tranquillity, love and mercy (ar-Rum 30:21).
Sources
Sahih al-Bukhari 1Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-ImarahSurah ar-Rum 30:21