Single men
Narrated `Abdullah:
We were
with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth whatever. So
Allah's Apostle said, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should
marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his
private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is
not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power.
Single
men risk earlier death
Emotional rather than physical factors may better explain why death rates are
higher among single men than their married counterparts.
It is
well established that unmarried men tend to die younger than married ones.
It had
been suspected that this statistic could be at least partly explained by the
fact that physically flawed men - who are at higher risk of early death - are
also less likely to find a partner.
However, research suggests these physical factors have less of a bearing than
first thought.
Psychologists believe that a marital relationship may benefit men's long-term
health by giving them emotional security.
Researchers in Stockholm found boys whose growth was slowest were least likely
to marry. Unmarried men were shorter at the age of 18, by an average of 1cm.
They
also found that death rates from heart disease and stroke were higher in
unmarried men than in married men.
However, they could find no firm evidence that slow growth in itself increased
the risk of heart disease.
Instead, adult occupation, income and education appeared to be far more
important factors.
There
was little difference in death rates between married and single women.
Good to
talk
Dr
Janet Empson, principal lecturer in psychology at Sheffield Hallam University,
said the difference in the way men and women form social relationships may have
a greater bearing.
She
said: "Social relationships are good for physical and mental health and
wellbeing.
"Having
a confidante is good for mental health.
"Men
are more likely to confide in their wife than a friend, while women are more
likely to have confidantes who are friends, in addition to confiding in their
husbands."
Having
a wife as a confidante might help to explain why married men are able to deal
with stress better and are therefore less likely to suffer from heart attacks or
strokes.
However, Dr Empson puts forward another hypothesis, which has its roots in
childhood growth.
She
said: "Males who reach puberty early do better in their education, have better
relationships with their peers and are more attractive to the opposite sex.
"If
they have a growth spurt earlier, which is associated with reaching puberty
earlier, everyone thinks they're fine, strong men and it may be that peers value
that in the group.
"Once
they reach adulthood, even when size differences are no longer in existence, the
early maturing boys do better in their relationships and careers."
"If you
have good social relationships you tend to be healthier."
Researchers used data from the Uppsala birth cohort study of people born between
1915 and 1929.
They
used official registers to follow their marital status and mortality from 1970
through to 1995.
Complete data were available for 5577 men and 5227 women.
The
research is published in the British Medical Journal.
Comment :
Islam
order the male not the female to marry as possible he can
.