THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum Al-Ithnayn, 20th day of Jumaadal Aakhir 1440, (Monday, 25th February, 2019). ISLAMIC MARRIAGES TODAY, BLESSINGS OR A SOURCE OF DISTRESS Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Indeed Marriage is a compulsory Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam and whoever decides not to marry will invalidate his or her membership to this blessed Ummah of Rasuul sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Marriage is a door that leads to happiness as it unites two people and creates new familiar bonds. When I think of marriage, I think of the Sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sall Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam). I think of love, mercy, compassion, friendship, and happiness. Today we are living in a time where it is very difficult to get married. Culture seems to play a bigger role in marriage than the religion itself which causes much distress among families especially youngsters who suffer the most due to lack of fear of ALLAH among us and our parents. If I ask a young Muslim brother why he hasn't married? He would say, "I do not have the means to support a wife, I am looking for a job." Another would say, "I haven't found the right person." Then, the excuses build up. When I ask the Muslim sisters, They say "hmmmm still in education" and some say, "I will when the times comes In shaa ALLAH." While all these great excuses and cultural barriers between parents build up, the people remain unmarried for a very long time and the same time SOME committing zina and other acts which is meant for marriage couple. This is where I have found many people getting depressed. Some have lost hope and think that they will never get married. This is very sad. I feel guilty writing this but this is a very important issue and is important we help as parents in getting more sunnah type marriages without asking much for our daughters. The reason for mentioning this is to remind my dear brothers and sisters in Islam not to despair if you feel you cannot get married at the moment. ALLAH Subhana Wa Ta'ala will have someone for you. Do not lose hope thinking that you will never get married. Our parents should avoid been selfish and stop demanding big dowry from the men. We should avoid looking for so called Ready Made men and women but rather make eemaan/ Islamic Education and practicing our priority of accepting him or her for marriage. ALLAH will then bring the means to support yourselves with little efforts. To be continued with some steps to facilitate the process of marriage tomorrow in shaa ALLAH and also how to organise our marriages the sunnah way not the ways of the kuffar as we are witnessing today in many marriages which causes early divorces because of our mockery of Shariah rules during the marriages. May ALLAH (Al-Qayyuum, The Maintainer of life) grant all our single brothers and sisters good practicing Muslims. Aameen.