What will the marriage of a person who does not love his/her spouse in this world be like? Will I have the right not to accept my spouse?

If I do not love my spouse and if I am with him/her by force in this world, will we definitely be husband and wife there if we both go to Paradise? That is, will we be together there even if I do not love my spouse?

Dear Brother / Sister,

The following point regarding the issue should never be forgotten:

The wife and husband that will be together in Paradise will not be the same couple with their weaknesses in the world. Both of them will be together in Paradise after being cleaned from all kinds of material and spiritual dirt, as the verse puts it, made pure and spotless. What is more, the wife and husband that they imagine will appear exactly; they will have the appearance of a Paradise youth and a Paradise houri that will make each other happy. They will meet in Paradise being freed from some views that overshadowed their love that existed in the world.

Thus, the wife of the man in the world will be a Paradise houri that he will admire fully and the husband will be a Paradise youth that she will admire fully; they will have the opportunity of enjoying their overshadowed happiness in the world without being overshadowed in Paradise, and in a better phase.

Therefore, the love in the world should not be attributed only to the temporary outward beauty of the youth. They should focus on the beauty of belief and ethics that will gain them the eternal friendship of life in Paradise, which will improve as they get older so that their family love will continue lifelong and will be transformed into eternal friendship of life.

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