Asalaamu alaikum
This story was related to me by a brother at my masjid who actually knows the brother involved.
He told me knew a young man who was dating a young lady. They were very much in love with each other, but when the man learned about Islam and took shahadah he had to break the relationship, as it was haram. She said she understood and with a broken heart she left him.
About eight months later someone suggested a wife to him. The woman in question was a pious convert who wore niqaab and worked with children in the masjid school's library. This sounded good to the brother so he agreed to meet. They met in the presence of the masjid's imam as he was her wali... turned out she was his ex girlfriend from 8 months before. She converted after he did. So he ended up marrying the love of his life & now their relationship is halal.
I got weepy when I heard this story.
This story was related to me by a brother at my masjid who actually knows the brother involved.
He told me knew a young man who was dating a young lady. They were very much in love with each other, but when the man learned about Islam and took shahadah he had to break the relationship, as it was haram. She said she understood and with a broken heart she left him.
About eight months later someone suggested a wife to him. The woman in question was a pious convert who wore niqaab and worked with children in the masjid school's library. This sounded good to the brother so he agreed to meet. They met in the presence of the masjid's imam as he was her wali... turned out she was his ex girlfriend from 8 months before. She converted after he did. So he ended up marrying the love of his life & now their relationship is halal.
I got weepy when I heard this story.