Salam brothers and sisters! hope you're all well and for all the young ones out there may Allah make you all successful in your schools/colleges/unis this year! All the best xxx
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After a 30-40 min drive, we finally arrived at their house. We were given a nice welcome. We went inside and sat down. She was there. Her mum was there. And her 2 brothers, her oldest being the one who i had mentioned in the previous post. i had seen her second oldest brother before too, by 'chance', and he had later told his other brother that he had liked me.
So very soon i was sitting on the couch next to my dear brother (her oldest bro). He was on my left. And the brother who had put us in touch in the first place and had driven us there was on my right. i think his wife was next to him and my mum next to her. i don't remember exactly. Then, she entered and sat down on the floor. She was covered perfectly with Islamic Hijab. Her 2nd oldest brother was sitting on a chair, as the couch we were sitting on didn't have enough space for everyone. We were given biscuits and offered refreshments.
Pretty soon, the dear brother who had put us in touch, atm sitting on my right, began speaking to her eldest brother sitting on my left... and i remained silent. He spoke in English so that everyone would understand. He said 'we have come to ask your permission for sister - 's hand in marriage to our brother Haidar'. He went on. i felt extremely honoured the way he spoke for me. With so much respect... i think everyone in the room knew that Islam meant the world to both of us. So i'm sure no one had any issues thinking we might not be compatible.
Then, after the brother finished speaking, her oldest brother on my left took my hand. And he held my hands in his hand. He expressed his happiness and delight at it being me who had come and wanted to marry his sister. He said: if it had been anyone other than Haidar, we would have had to consider whether or not to accept... but because it was me, he genuinely had no issues or concerns. And then he said: i am sure we will learn from you.
All this time, i had been looking down. i felt as if everyone was looking at me, even if they weren't. but her eyes were also lowered towards the ground.
i don't know if i did, but i felt as if i went red. all this was being said about me...
After the brother finished speaking, i asked his sister a question. The first time we had spoken to each other in person. i said: 'Sister - , do you think that language will be a problem between us?'
With her gaze still lowered, she said 'No, i don't think so. i can improve my english' (not that her english was bad).
Then i said that i would like to speak to her alone. So we went into another room. i took out from my pocket my most valuable possession: some golden coins i had received one morning as a gift from Masjid Al Jamkaran. This was the Mahar that we had agreed upon when speaking online. i showed her. i wanted to make sure she was completely happy with it. She was overjoyed. It had no value in the eyes of the world. But it meant the world to me. And she appreciated the value of this spiritual present.
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