Marriage of Individuals with Challenges in the Desi Community

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Re: Marriage of Individuals with Challenges in the Desi Community

@Muzna

I don’t know how we’ve gone so long in this forum without talking about this.

Last month a young lady I am acquainted with got married.
She has a condition that requires her to wear a brace on her leg. She has a significant, visible limp even with the brace.
While this limits her mobility, she is otherwise perfectly healthy and gainfully employed.
Now this woman is a Canadian citizen and married her cousin from Punjab in India.
There’s no denying that the rishta process was made easier because of her citizenship status but I hope that the gentleman is sincere and that they enjoy a long-lasting and sincere marriage, insha Allah.

What are some of the stories that you have experienced?
Do you know of a similar story of someone with a physical disability getting married?
How about someone with a mental challenge? How does our community handle that?

My distant relative contracted polio as a child and has a limp. She’s incredibly beautiful but remained single until the age of 34 because no one wanted to marry her. She ended up marrying her sister in laws brother, who- from what we heard- apart from coming from a well known family, wasn’t much of a catch, i.e. Education, work, ambition, etc.