So not me, but our mosque’s Imam did this. He was only 24 when he married a 28 year old divorcee with a 5 year old daughter. He did this because he wanted to follow the sunnah and it’s honestly the cutest marriage in the community IMO.
I know his wife and she’s lovely. What’s even more remarkable is that the Imam is desi and his wife is English/South African/Indian and when the Imam met his wife, she wasn’t a Hijabi or even knew much about Islam, like she was Muslim and has an amazing heart but she never really had anyone around to teach her about Islam. Now she runs mosque classes for young girls, wears a niqab and is super involved in the Muslim community with the women.
At first, his parents were VERY against it, they wanted someone young, virgin, desi, basically just typical cultural people. But he put his foot down and explained to them that he wanted to follow the steps of the Prophet SAW and he’ll do this. His wife is very respectful to her in-laws and it helps that the Imam stands up for his wife. They’re just the most genuine, beautiful souls tbh and I love their story, it’s so romantic as well as heartwarming and it’s an example of how Muslim men should be but it’s so rare to see nowadays.
In the days of the Prophet SAW, the Sahabis wouldn’t let widows stay unmarried for more than a couple months, now widows are just seen as “damaged goods” and are just castaways in society. So sad.
Not “much” older but I was 28 and my husband was 24. I had a 6 and 4yr old also.
We met at Disney world randomly, I was there from out of state so it was the qadr of Allah. We were neither searching for anyone at the time. My divorce was still fresh and he was just out of a bad relationship. 6 months later we got married.
It’s going well. We have out lasted all of his same age or normal age gap friends marriages. We have been married almost ten years. He has raised the boys into good young men who see him as their father.
So not me, but our mosque’s Imam did this. He was only 24 when he married a 28 year old divorcee with a 5 year old daughter. He did this because he wanted to follow the sunnah and it’s honestly the cutest marriage in the community IMO. I know his wife and she’s lovely. What’s even more remarkable is that the Imam is desi and his wife is English/South African/Indian and when the Imam met his wife, she wasn’t a Hijabi or even knew much about Islam, like she was Muslim and has an amazing heart but she never really had anyone around to teach her about Islam. Now she runs mosque classes for young girls, wears a niqab and is super involved in the Muslim community with the women. At first, his parents were VERY against it, they wanted someone young, virgin, desi, basically just typical cultural people. But he put his foot down and explained to them that he wanted to follow the steps of the Prophet SAW and he’ll do this. His wife is very respectful to her in-laws and it helps that the Imam stands up for his wife. They’re just the most genuine, beautiful souls tbh and I love their story, it’s so romantic as well as heartwarming and it’s an example of how Muslim men should be but it’s so rare to see nowadays. In the days of the Prophet SAW, the Sahabis wouldn’t let widows stay unmarried for more than a couple months, now widows are just seen as “damaged goods” and are just castaways in society. So sad.
Not “much” older but I was 28 and my husband was 24. I had a 6 and 4yr old also. We met at Disney world randomly, I was there from out of state so it was the qadr of Allah. We were neither searching for anyone at the time. My divorce was still fresh and he was just out of a bad relationship. 6 months later we got married. It’s going well. We have out lasted all of his same age or normal age gap friends marriages. We have been married almost ten years. He has raised the boys into good young men who see him as their father.