The objectives of marriage according to the Salaf

عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَتْ: تَزَوَّجَنِي الزُّبَيْرُ وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ مَالٍ وَلَا مَمْلُوكٍ وَلَا شَيْءٍ غَيْرَ نَاضِحٍ وَغَيْرِ فَرَسِهِ. Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakrin (may Allaah be pleased with them both) said: Az-Zubayr married me while he had nothing on the earth — no wealth, no slave, and nothing at all except a water-drawing camel and his horse. _ Al-Bukhārī (5224) and Muslim 2182 Commentary: Imām al-Qurṭubī (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said: This indicates that what they considered in compatibility was only religion and virtue, not wealth and affluence, as he ﷺ said: (فَعَلَيْكَ بِذَاتِ الدِّينِ، تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ). “Then choose the one possessing religion — may your hands be rubbed in dust (ie successful).” This was only because the people’s objectives in marriage were cooperation upon the religion and increasing the Ummah of Muḥammad, the Seal of the Prophet. And because they knew that wealth is a vanishing shadow and a passing cloud, while virtue remains until the Day of Meeting. As for today, the situation has been reversed, and people have turned away from what is obligatory to what is absurd or impossible. Al-Mufhim limā Ashkala min Kitāb Talkhīṣ Muslim (5/516). Abu Juwayriyah Nūruddīn t.me/Insightful_Couples whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbB7MBUDp2Q4elmF2U3t