Tuesday 17/March/2026 – 06:03 PM
The doctor confirmed Ali JumaaThe former Mufti of the Republic and a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, said that the institution of marriage is the basic building block for building society and its extended relationships, and not just a passing admiration between two parties far from reality. He stressed during his Ramadan program “Nour El-Din” the necessity of balancing passion, social responsibility, and financial ability.
In response to a young man’s question about his desire to marry the one he loves despite his family’s rejection, Dr. Jumaa explained that if the young man reaches the age of twenty-one and enjoys complete financial independence through his work and his own project, then the parents legally and legally “have no say in the decision.” However, he added that it is necessary to try to convince them to ensure the cohesion of the extended family that the children will have contact with in the future, including aunts and uncles. He warned at the same time that “the love of something blinds and deafens,” as young people often neglect to see The shortcomings that parents perceive due to their experience and experiences in life.
A member of the Council of Senior Scholars revealed the results of field research conducted at Cairo University in the 1980s, tracking the fate of marriages resulting from love stories and university fellowship. The results showed that 80% of those cases ended in divorce, attributing the main reason to what he described as “excessive greed.” Where each party expects the other to make sacrifices and positions beyond the usual in compensation for the difficulties they have faced, which leads to a collision of expectations with reality and the collapse of the relationship.
Dr. Jumaa touched on the philosophy of love, explaining that true love that does not ask for a reason and is not eliminated by hatred – such as a mother’s love for her children – is a rare state that exists in the universe, and what is less than it may be just admiration that disappears when its causes disappear, continuing: The love of Qais and Laila and Romeo and Juliet is rare… Love has no reason for love, if I entered into it I would not be able to get out of it, and the person who loves does not know how to hate.
Regarding the selection criteria, he stressed that “religion alone is not enough” without good morals, good treatment, and good food, noting that the advice of “Find the same religion” aims to acquire the “Jewel” (Bijou) that maintains its religion despite the hardships of legal costs and the physiological fluctuations that it experiences, considering conscious religious commitment an essential guarantee for the success and continuation of married life.
