Living Together Before Marriage

Most people in our country think that people should not live together before marriage. Do you agree with them? What is marriage? It is a procedure that makes your relationship official. It is necessary for formal procedures. For example property sharing. Some people think that if two people want to be with each other it is not necessary to make it official. But in our country that idea is not supported because of some reasons. One is cultural factors and customs the other is religious reasons.

The first is religious reasons. According to Islam if you want to live together with another person you have to marry him. This rule is made to protect people. For example; a man -not all the men- and a woman lives together, if they have a child and if the man does not accept child and leaves them, woman cannot do anything. Because she has no legal rights for this bad situation. In Islam -to protect people- from bad situations like this, living together before marriage is banned. If you have faith in Islam and consider about the other world, you should obey this rule.

The second is cultural reasons.