The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Verily, maidens are like fruits of a tree; when its fruits ripen and are not reaped, sunshine ruins them and the wind scatters them. Maidens are in the same situation. When they comprehend what the women perceive, there is no remedy for them save a husband. If they are not given in marriage, they will not be secured from corruption, because they are human beings, too. (They have the same human instincts and temperament as others)."

Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 337

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Any young man who marries at the beginning of his youth, his devil moans and intensively regrets that he has protected two-third of his Faith from Satan."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 221

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "O' young people! If one of you is capable of marrying, then do it, because it is good for your eyes (not to stare at women) and protects your privy part (to remain more pious).

Mustadrak Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol.14, p.153

The Holy Prophet [s] forbade the life of celibacy, and prohibited women from living in chastity and allowing their selves to remain unmarried."

Mustadrak Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol.14, p. 248

Intercession and Help in Lawful Marriage

The Holy Prophet (p.h.u.h.) said: "He who struggles to join two Muslim believers in lawful marriage that they marry under the divine law, Allah will give him in marriage from the black-eyed houri (damsels in Heaven), and there will be for him the reward of one year of worshipping for every step he takes or word he speaks."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 221

Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said: "The best mediations is it that you intercede between two persons for lawful marriage so that they both marry under the law of Allah.

AI-Tahthib, vol.7, p. 415 & Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 331

Imam al-Kadhim [a] said: On the Judgement Day, the Day in which there is no shade except the shade of Allah's Mercy, three varieties will avail of the shade of Allah's Throne: the man who caused the marriage of his Muslim brother, or he who served him, or the one who concealed his secrets for his sake."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 74, p. 356

Imam Sadiq [a] said: "He who unites an unmarried person in wedlock will be of those on whom Allah will look at (mercifully) on the Resurrection Day."

AI-Tahthib, vol. 7, p. 404

Imam al-Kadhim [a] said: "On the Reckoning Day, Allah has a special shade of Mercy to spread under which none will reside except the prophets, or their vicegerents, or a believer who frees a believing slave, or a believer who pays the debt of another believing one, or a believer who unites in wedlock a believing unmarried one."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 74, p. 356

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "He who tries to join two Muslim believers in lawful marriage so that they marry under the divine law, Allah will join one thousand Houries (damsels of Heaven with black large eyes) in marriage with him each of whom will be in a castle from pearls and rubies."

Wasa'il ush-Shi'ah, vol. 20, p. 46

Wife and Her Dower

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The bad omen of a woman is her expensive dower and her ill temper."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 58, p. 321

Imam Abu 'Abdullah said: " Thieves are of three divisions:

1. Those who hinder giving alms;
2. Those who consider the withholding of women's dower sum as lawful;
3. Those who take loans and have not decided to pay it back."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 96, p. 12

Imam Sadiq [a] said: "Verily, one of the blessings of a woman is the inexpensiveness of her dower, while one of her bad omens is the heaviness of her dower."

Man La Yahdurulul Faqih, vol. 3, p. 387

Imam Amir ul Mu'mineen [a] said: "Do not make the women's dowers heavy, because it creates enmity."

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 21, p. 253

Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The worst sins are three:

Labouring animals as murder, restraining the dower of a woman, and withholding the wage of a worker."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 64, p. 268

Dower: The Less the Better

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The blessing of that marriage is greater that its expenditure is easier."

Kanz-ul-'Ummal, vol. 16, p. 299

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "The excellent women of my Ummah are those that the more their faces are beautiful the less are their dowers."

Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 103, p. 236

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "Marry even with an iron ring (as dower)."

Kanz-ul-'Ummal, vol. 16, p. 321

The Holy Prophet [s] said: "He who gives as much as a handful of grains or dates as a dowry (with the acceptance of the partner), surely his marriage is lawful and correct."

Kanz-ul-'Ummal, vol. 16, p. 321

Imam Sadiq [a] said: "The Holy Prophet [s] gave Fatimah [a] in marriage to Ali [a] with (the dower of) an armor at the price of thirty Dirhams."

Wasa'il-ush Shi'ah, vol. 21, p. 251