u/rizzlejee

*Gender:* Male

*Ethnicity:* Indian

*Age:* 43

*Ancestral Village:* Bharuch District, Gujarat, India

*Current Location:* Birmingham, UK

*Willing to relocate?* Will consider relocating to within reasonable daily commuting distance of Birmingham

*Legal Status?* Citizen, born in the UK

*Height:* 5'9 / 176cm

*Education:* Bachelor's degree

*Occupation:* Civil servant

*Build:* Medium

*Complexion:* Brown

*Appearance:* Full Beard

*Any Disabilities?:* No

*Willing to swap a photo with potentials as I understand some level of physical attraction is necessary*

*Religious Practice?:* Always

*Religious Manhaj?:* Hanafi Follow Qur'an & Sunnah. I don't participate or agree with katams or celebrating mawlid

*Marital Status:* Divorced

*Any Children?:* 4 (3 boys aged 17, 15 and 12; 1 girl aged 10) who live with their mother. I don't intend to have any more children

*Are you a Revert or Born muslim?:* Born Muslim

*Living arrangements?* Currently living with family out of convenience. Intending to live separately with my wife after nikah

*About me*

I pray 5 times a day and try to observe all of the faraidh, wajibaat and sunan mu'akkadah, attend masjid regularly, recite the Qur'an, and try to practice nafl acts too, although I am by no means perfect in my observances. I have a good level of deeni and secular education.

Religious compatibility is important to me, but as long as there's not a huge gap between our current mindsets, outlooks and practices then I feel like a marriage can and will work. I try to practice as much as possible, but disagree with putting pressure on others(specifically my wife in this case) to do the same. Obviously I . My own view is that as long as my wife accepts what is halal and haram (even though she may not necessarily be able to live it fully yet), has a willingness and desire to improve and is trying to actively work towards that improvement, then I will do what I can to support her.

I'm at a stage in my life now where I know myself and know what I need in my life. For me, marriage is a man and a woman encouraging one another to strive to be better in their deen and supporting one another in their halal worldly endeavours and in any other way their spouse needs.

My aim is to find a compatible wife who is kind and compassionate, with whom I can grow together in our deen. I have worked on my own faults and shortcomings over the years and am now ready to give my best self to my future wife.

*Hobbies*

- -Walking, especially in nature

- -Currently getting back to being active after several years of inactivity following a back injury

- -Travel when I get the chance

- -Spending time with my children and other family members, particularly days out

*To save yourself from getting proposals from wrong candidates, describe your preferences in your potential partner?*

*Age Preference?* 30 - 43 (can be slightly flexible on this)

*Height Preference?* 5'2" and over

*Ethnicity Preference?* Any

*Education Preference?* Any

*Occupation Preference?* Any

*Appearance Preference?* Niqab or Hijab, or at least wanting/planning to wear hijab in the near future, as her level of deen works up to that point

*Consider a Revert?* Yes

*Consider a Divorcee?* Yes

*Consider s/o with Children?* Only if children are not very young (around 10 years or older)

*Consider s/o with Disabilities?* Maybe, dependent on the disability

*Consider a non UK-Citizen?* Yes, dependent on personal situation/circumstances

*Qualities I'm looking for in a wife*

- -Someone who is actively trying to improve her relationship with Allah SWT

- -A compassionate, kind and empathetic woman

- -Someone with the ability to communicate openly

- -Absolute honesty in all matters, big or small

- -A woman who is not motivated by materialism of this dunya

- -Someone who does not engage excessively with social media, e.g. posting pictures, constantly scrolling