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Assalam alaikum,
The Quran reccomends marriage
to those who are able to carry its burdens,
and hadiths of the
Prophet emphasize the same point.
[Quran, 2:187, 4:4, 4:19-21,
4:25, 4:34, 16:72, 30:21 ; Ibn Hajar, Fath
al-Bari,
4:119-9:112-115; an-Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim,
9/10:175-180]
However the classical interpretative
communities had determined that
marriage is recommended, and is
part of the Prophet's Sunnag, but it is not
a legal obligation
(al-zawaj nadbb wa la yalzam).
[an-Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim,
9/10:175-180]
It is well known that scholars such as Ibn
Taymiyyah and an-Nawawi did not
marry.
According to
classical jurists, sin is not incurred for failing to marry
unless
a man or woman fears that they will be unable to abstain from
illicit
sexual relations. In addition, a person DOES incur a
sin if they marry whe
they are unable to carry the burdens of
marriage.
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