My Q is i want to marry but my fiance is 5 years elder then me so can u tell me is it possible to marry
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Alaikum My Q is i want to marry but my fiance is 5 years elder then me so can u
tell me is it possible to marry
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marry
elder woman
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Provided all the other legal conditions of marriage are
fulfilled (the prospective bride is a non-mehram, proposal and acceptance,
determination of the mehr amount, presence of at least two witnesses, and the
consent of the guardian of the bride), it is absolutely permissible in Islam
for a man to marry a woman who is elder to him.
The biggest evidence of the permissibility of a believer
marrying an elder woman in Islam is the marriage itself of the Noble Prophet
(saws) to his most beloved and first wife, Hadrat Khadijah (r.a.). At the time of their marriage, the Prophet
(saws) was 25 years of age and Hadrat Khadijah (r.a.) was 40!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in
Islam,
Burhan