Is it compulsory in Islam to get married?
I'm 32 years of age, and for some reason, I did not get married somehow. Parents negligence were the main reason of delaying, but now they are looking for an alliance for me, and now I'm under pressure because I do not want to marry person who my family has chosen. I'm mature enough to choose a life partner for myself, as if I feel, if I marry I will defiantly do get that. But now I'm facing a lot of stress from my family. They are not listening to me. They just want me to get married at any cost, and the alliance they want for me ask dowry in lacs, or they bring alliance who is double of my age. I'm very religious and I'm fed up of all this torture. I want to escape or to die. Please help me getting answer for my problem. I don't want to get married. I don't even want to think about it.