Enjoying life before getting married
Question
I hear someone saying: "A girl should first enjoy her youth, then she marries somebody (when she reaches her 23-25 years old) because once married, there are responsibilities." What would you answer to this?
Answer
Responsibilities commence from the age of puberty and generally the age of puberty commences from 11 or 12 for a girl. With age responsibilities will just go on increasing. Hence, there is no point to delay the marriage till the age of 23. Experience shows that most women who married at a younger age enjoyed more successful marriages than those who married later.
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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