5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

lived during the first two hundred years, which was the time of
the Ashâb al-kirâm and the Tabi’în ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihim
ajma’în’ knew that these hadîths were said in order to refute the
wrong allegations of priests. When this era was over, different
hadîth-i-sherîfs were emphasized. These hadîths informed us
that there are good aspects to bachelorhood and to married life
depending on the special situations of those involved. Rasûl
‘alaihissalâm’ said, “After two hundred years, the best of you
is the one who is hafîfulhâz.” When he was asked the
meaning of hafîfulhâz he said, “The person who has no wife
or child.”
Great scholars like Bishr al-Hâfî, Bâyazîd al-Bistâmî and
Abul-Huseyn Nûrî were all bachelors. This hadîth-i-sherîf
reveals the honor and superiority of these great scholars and
those like them who lived two hundred years after the Hijrat.
The second reason: The Ashâb al-kirâm, Tabi’în and Taba
al-tabi’în lived in the best of times; thus, their belief (îmân),
patience (sabr), asceticism (zuhd), and tawakkul were very
strong and valuable. The following hadîth-i-sherîf praises them
by saying, “The best of times is my era. Then the time which
is next to mine. Then the Muslims of the era next to them.
Following these, lying will become a widespread practice.
(Some) people will bear false witness even without being
asked to do so.” The nafs of these great personalities would
not attach themselves to the means which the Sharî’at disliked,
and would not incline to earn through ways of harâm because
they increased their tawakkul, zuhd, and ridâ (consent) by being
close to Rasûlullah ’sallallâhu alaihi wa sallam’, and by
attending his sohbat. However, later generations could not be
like them.
The third reason: Hadrat Muhammad Mustafâ ‘sallallâhu
alaihi wa sallam’ knew through the nûr (light) of prophethood
and through the correct firâsat (intuition) that the religion of
Islam would be spread throughout the world by the Ashâb alkirâm,
Tabi’în and Taba al-Tabi’în ’radiy Allâhu ta’âlâ anhum
ajma’în.’ He encouraged marriage so that those who would
spread the religion of Islam throughout the world, and those
with whom the Islamic religion would be strenghthened, would
multiply.
For these three reasons, marriage was necessary during the
time of the Ashâb al-kirâm, Tabi’în and Taba al-Tabi’în
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