The Appropriate Age for Marriage A. What is the appropriate age for men and women to marry? Some of the young ladies of today do not accept to be married to men older than them and also some of the men do not get married to anyone older than them either. A. I advise the young ladies to not to refuse a man because of his older age. Even if he be ten or twenty years older, this is not a valid excuse. Older age is not harmful. There is no problem if the woman is older than the man and there is no problem if the man is older than the woman. The Prophet SAW married Khadijah RA when she was forty years old and he was twenty -five years old, before he received his first revelation. That is, she was fifteen years older than him ( may Allah be pleased with her ). Many of those who talk on the radio or television and speak about having disparaging ages between husband and wife are wrong. It is not permissible for them to say such things. Instead, what must be done, is the woman must look at the prospective husband and, if he be pious and appropriate, she should agree to him even if he is older than her. Similarly , the man must try to marry a woman who is pious and virtuous, even if she is older than him, especially if she is less than midlife. In any case, age should not be taken as an excuse. It should also not be considered a short coming, as long as the man is pious or the woman is pious. May Allaah make the affairs good for everyone. - Shaykh ibn Baaz
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