Aslam

Praise be to Allah.

If the son will commit haraam acts if he does not get married, then the father has no

right to prevent him from getting married for the reason stated in the question. Allaah

is the Provider and those brothers and sisters are part of His creation; He will never

forsake them. Allaah has promised to help the one who gets married in order to keep

himself chaste. He says (interpretation of the meaning):

"And marry those among you who are single (i.e. a man who has no wife and a

woman who has no husband) and (also marry) the saalihoon (pious, fit and

capable ones) of your (male) slaves and maid-servants (female slaves). If they be

poor, Allaah will enrich them out of His Bounty. And Allaah is All-Sufficient for His

creatures’ needs, All-Knowing (about the state of the people)."

[al-Noor 24:32]

The Messenger of Allaah

said: "There are three to whom Allaah’s help is due: the

mujaahid who goes out to fight for the sake of Allaah; the slaves who makes a

contract with his master to pay installments towards his freedom; and the one who

gets married because he wants to remain chaste." (al-Tirmidhi, no. 1566. Abu ‘Eesaa said: this

is a hasan hadeeth. See also Saheeh al-Jaami’, no. 3050).

But if the son is able to be patient and give himself up to working and helping his

father to provide for his brothers and sisters, then he will be rewarded, for Allaah

never allows the reward of those who do good to be lost.

And Allaah knows best.