Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh

 

Allah will judge us for the works we do in the given circumstances that Allah has placed us. So, if you are unmarried and have no children, for reasons you have no control over or because you did not have a desire to get married, you are not less than someone married with children.

 

Allah says,

{Allah will not burden any soul beyond what it can bear. Each will enjoy the good of what it earns, as indeed each will suffer for the wrong. (Pray then these words:) Forgive us, our Lord, if we forget or sin. Don’t burden us, our Lord, as those before us have been. Don’t burden us, our Lord, with something beyond our capacity. Forgive us our trespasses, and grant us Your mercy. You alone are our protector; so help us against those who reject the truth (after having known it).} (Al-Baqarah 2:286)

 

Those who look at women who are unmarried or without children are wrong. They forget the fact that some of the great Messengers and prophets such as Jesus and Yahya were unmarried; likewise, there is no shortage of eminent imams and spiritual masters who were never married, and yet they were honored by the community for their spiritual excellence: Imams Ibn Jarir, Ibn Taymiyyah, Nawawi were unmarried. Likewise, Rabia al-Adawiyyah was known for spiritual status, and she was never married and had no children.

 

Likewise, the Prophet’s beloved wife Aishah had no children; yet that did not in any way detract or diminish her status in Islam. So, those who hold such beliefs ought to recognize their mistakes and turn to Allah in repentance for their un-Islamic attitudes.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.