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www Muslim Central.com forward slash donate. How old are you brother? 25 okay I want to tell you

what I would tell my own son at this stage because you're a recent revert I'd like things to settle a little bit before

You don't have anyone in mind do you? No, so I'd like you to let things settle a little bit before you actually pick that card up unless

Unless something unbelievably amazing crosses your path

Okay, this is the advice I would give my own children.

I'd say, look, you know what, I don't think it's the right time right now.

Your age is right, everything else seems to be right,

but because you've made this huge change in your life,

let it settle a little bit

you don't want to be taken advantage of.

That's all.

When it settles a little bit,

you'll be in a better position to choose because the choice of spouse determines your entire future in most case unless a divorce happens which we don't want.

But it does happen. I mean people have been through it.

Good people have been through it as well. It's not a bad thing. Sometimes you made a mistake

or sometimes people change over years. You know people say, well get married, it can only get better. I know of people

to get married and it only got worse. And then later on they separated and split. It's okay, that's

the reason why it's permissible to go through divorce. But I would say if things settled and you looked at things, you know,

you would be able to understand better what type of espouse you want. Because sometimes,

when we revert to Islam and we're overwhelmed.

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