Daily Qur'an & Hadith 19 July 2013 (09 Ramadan al Mubarak 1434)

English Translation of Al-Quran

[24].Surah An-Nur [The Light]

Ayat 32. And marry those among you who are single (i.e. a man who has no wife and the woman who has no husband) and (also marry) the Saliheen (pious, fit and capable ones) of your (male) slaves and maid-servants (female slaves). If they be poor, Allah will enrich them out of His Bounty. And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knowing (about the state of the people).

[Tafseer] of ayta 32. Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all, and he knoweth all things.The subject of sex ethics and manners brings us to the subject of marriage. "Single" (ayama, plural of Ayyim) here means any one not in the bond of wedlock, whether unmarried or lawfully divorced, or widowed. If we can, we must marry in our own circle, but if we have not the means, there is no harm if we choose from a lower circle, provided our choice is determined by virtue. Poverty in the other party does not matter if there is virtue and love. A happily married man has the best wealth in a virtuous wife, and his very happiness makes him a better potential earner of wealth. A slave becomes free by marriage. Allah's mercy is for all: it is not confined to a class or grade of people. 

English Translation of Hadith  

Hazrat Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) used to break his Saum (fasting) before performing Maghrib prayer with three fresh date-fruits; if there were no fresh date-fruits, he will eat three dry dates; and if there were no dry date-fruits; he would take three draughts of water.

[At-Tirmidhi Hadith # 694].

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah An-Nur Ayat 32. "And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs," .It is well to keep the priorities of things mentioned in the Hadith as one gets the reward of following the Sunnah in breaking his Saum." .