So my five non negotiables are :
- To be able to pursue a career and further studies if I want to.
- That he has not been married before and is not looking for polygamy.
- That he is Sunni & okay with my wearing of the niqab and to know what his view on it is.
- Does not plan to move to the west.
- Does not have any platonic relations with women nor does he shake hands(sudanese salaam).
- Involves parents from the get go
I am impressed I already combined some stuff together.
My checklist is:
- Attractive to me and I to him
- Masjid prayer and jumuah
- Alligned vision rooted in pleasing Allah
- Practical steps towards vision (daily schedule, discipline, consistency, habit building and tracking, education, want to be a husband, son, sibling, relative and father that pleases his creator)
- Physical stability
- More emotionally intelligent and mature as well as psychologically mature to be the head of the family
- Follows halal and haram of his gender (beard shaving, hijab, jumuah, lowering gaze, wearing gold and silk, riba, gambling, substance abuse and addictions, halal food)
- Mental health awareness, internet addiction awareness (including how he manages both)
- Parents must also agree to me marrying into the family
- Daily effort to learn his deen
- Separate housing
- Living in the same city as mom
This is what I came up with let me know if they need to be audited and need any additions.