Question:
Dear Maulana Shaykh Hisham,
May Allah SWT bless you both. Salams.
My name is [private] I live with my parents, in an isolated community with no friends. Online, I have met a man, well educated and well off from [private], who wants to marry me… Marrying him would mean moving and I want to do this to obey Maulana Shaykh Nazim’s advice that we Muslims had better go back to the East, inshaAllah. My istikhara has come out clear and positive for this match. I am in very desperate need of marriage; is it ok to leave my parents and marry this man, please?
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
It is OK as long as he is a Muslim who prays, but you should proceed with caution as online first contacts are unreliable.
Hajj Gibril Haddad