Muslim Matchmaker (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

1
[uplifting music playing]
-I think your match has just arrived.
-[Mariam] Oh!
-[Hoda] You ready to meet him?
-Yeah. [chuckles]
[chuckles] Okay. Alaikum, Omar.
-[Omar] Hi.
-Welcome to Houston.
[Omar] Nice to meet you.
-[Hoda] How are you doing? This is Mariam.
-Doing well.
-Hi.
-[Mariam] Hi, I'm Mariam.
-Nice to meet you.
-[Hoda] I know I haven't told you much
-about her yet but
-Yeah.
I think I'm going to leave you guys
to get to the nitty-gritty of it.
-Sounds great.
-Okay.
-[chuckles]
-[Mariam chuckles] Hi.
-Hi.
-[Mariam] Welcome to Houston.
-Thank you. [laughs]
-[laughs] Wh
Never been to an appliance store before.
Okay, so why are we here?
I actually need to buy a washer-dryer.
Oh, okay.
-I just bought a house.
-Okay.
-[in Arabic] Congratulations.
-[in Arabic] Thanks.
-So, I was like
-Okay.
instead of going to coffee,
which is freaking boring,
-maybe we can
-Buy some
-Look for appliances. [chuckles]
-Laundry. Okay. [chuckles]
You need a laundry machine
and a dryer machine.
-I need everything.
-Oh, everything.
-Let's do it. [chuckles]
-[laughs] Okay.
[upbeat pop music playing,
Guesthouse "Love You Crazy"]
You make me wanna love crazy
I'd dive in with my eyes closed ♪
[both laugh]
-[Omar] This is the one I have at home.
-So, what do you like about it?
-Um, it cleans my clothes. [laughs]
-[laughs] Okay.
He seems cool. Like, he seemed,
like, very clean, very put together.
I like that he was charismatic.
He could carry on a conversation.
[Omar chuckles]
I think he's good looking. [laughs]
-[music concludes]
-Sorry. [laughs]
He's cute. He's He's cute.
-[mellow music playing]
-Okay.
-I'm more used to, like, a circular one.
-Really? You're an under guy?
-An under
-You like to pick it up
-and put it in under?
-[Omar] Oh, you're you like
-I'm an over.
-[Omar] You do one of these.
[Mariam] I'm a top person.
But I like the simplicity of, like,
picking it up and putting it in.
-Oh, okay. [laughs]
-Over or under. It's very serious for me.
I also think, like, the size
of the washer-dryer is really important.
-[laughs] I like putting it in.
-It's fine.
-That's not a deal-breaker for me.
-Okay, good.
[Omar laughs]
[Mariam] You know what,
you match this washer-dryer.
-[Omar] This washer? Yeah.
-[Mariam] Like, it's your style.
Like, I could see this
as your personality.
-[Omar] Our personality.
-Washer-dryer
-[laughs]
-Okay. [laughs]
Seems like Hoda did a good job,
I would say.
I think we're on
the same kind of energy level.
I don't know if I would trust someone
to help me pick out my laundry machine,
but it was nice to see
that she's pretty open
and willing to kind of
take my perspective into it.
[synthpop music playing,
Lola Silva "Something Steady"]
I want something steady ♪
-So, you lived in Egypt your whole
-I lived in Bahrain
-my whole life.
-[Mariam] Bahrain.
Bahrain, yeah. I came here in 2014.
So, now my parents are in Egypt.
-So, you're by yourself?
-So, I'm by myself in L.A.
-Oh, wow!
-[Omar] All alone. Yeah.
So, did you like Egypt better,
or do you like here?
I like here better than Egypt,
-I would say.
-Okay, okay.
Mariam tends to go for guys
that are further
on the conservative spectrum,
but I actually think
she needs somebody more in the middle.
I feel like Omar won't be judgmental
about whatever steps Mariam needs
to take to kind of figure out
who she is and where she stands.
-[Mariam] Do you like Arabic music?
-Absolutely. I DJ.
-You DJ?
-[Omar] I DJ.
So, like, it could be, like, Afro beats.
It could be, like, European.
[Mariam] Uh-huh.
Um, in my head,
I was like, "Hoda, you hooked me up
with a DJ? Like, what?"
[music concludes]
[theme music playing]
[theme music concludes]
[hip hop music playing,
Tamer Nafar & Yacoub Alatrash "Ameen"]
-Assalamu alaikum.
-Assalamu alaikum.
-[Omniya] Omniya.
-It's nice to meet you. Fulani.
-[Omniya] Nice to meet you.
-Likewise, likewise, likewise.
-Please have a seat. How's it going?
-[indistinct chatter]
-[Fulani] How's everything?
-Everything is well. How are you feeling?
[Fulani] I'm good. This is pretty wild.
[Omniya] Yeah.
I wanted to pair Fulani
with somebody who can understand
the worth in what he's bringing
to the table
as somebody who is so spiritually focused
and family-oriented.
She's got the soft and the strong.
She's got a beautiful balance to her.
They both really seem like people
that love their families
or are close to their families,
have a nice,
tight-knit community
that they're a part of.
So, I'm really excited
to see how it goes.
She said she's ready for a serious,
committed relationship.
I think Fulani is, too.
How you feeling?
I'm a little nervous.
-I'm trying to calm down and relax.
-Yeah. I mean, I'm nervous as well.
But I don't know. I'm just
I'm just kind of like here in this moment.
I barely got any sleep last night.
I didn't know what to wear.
So, I just defaulted to costume one,
which was black turtleneck.
Had to look kinda eclectic a little bit.
So, you know.
Lot Lot Lot of pre-planning.
-What do you do for work?
-Right now, I work as a marketing
and content developer.
So, I'm currently freelancing.
Uh, photography is, like, my background.
And it kind of led
into everything that I do now.
Do you have any pictures?
Like, can you show me some
-of your favorite pictures?
-I got a bunch of pictures.
Actually, you wanna see pictures
of my cat? They're not good.
-Let me show you something else.
-You have You said what?
-I have a cat.
-Okay.
[Omniya] It's interesting that that was
the first thing that you showed me.
-You really like that cat.
-[Fulani] I love that cat.
She's my companion. I wouldn't like to
I don't like to call her my pet
because she really chose me.
I'm allergic to cats.
-[Fulani] You're what?
-How do you feel about that?
They got shots for that,
for the cat and for the humans.
Yeah.
So, here's a shot,
a shoot I did recently with, um
these are my two closest friends
right here.
-Wow.
-[quirky music playing]
She's very beautiful, but I don't know
what the hell is happening. [laughs]
These are all my pieces
that I've had featured in galleries.
Wh I'm I'm confused.
What, like What is that a shot of?
[music concludes]
So, it's light, right?
So I've been working on this book
for, like, the last couple of years.
And it's all just the diffusion,
diffraction, and manipulation
of light, you know?
-If there's no light, there's no subject.
-Okay.
Um
-[waitress] Here you go.
-[Fulani] All right, thank you so much.
-[Omniya] Thank you so much.
-[waitress] Great.
That's that real chai.
-That's that real chai. It's got that
-You like tea?
-I love tea. I'm not a coffee person.
-Mm-hmm.
-[quirky music playing]
-Uh, cake or pie?
Hmm Cheesecake, so I guess cakes.
-[Fulani] Cheesecake is remarkable.
-Mm-hmm.
All right, now I'll be honest with you.
I Cheesecake is is pie.
-I don't think it's cake.
-Really?
It's a crust in a thing, and you fill it.
There's no there's no top.
I think he's an interesting character
because he thinks cheesecake is pie.
I don't think cheesecake is a pie.
I think cheesecake is a cake.
It's cheese cake.
Uh, it's a pie. So, not a cake.
What's the definition of a pie?
-I have no idea. I'm just talking
-[Omniya laughs]
just [laughs] Just absolutely
making it up as I go. [laughs]
I'm a very, you know,
kind of goofy goober kind
you know, childlike in nature.
And I think it takes a very particular
type of person
to really tolerate my nonsense.
-The one thing that I really like
-[music concludes]
anyone, all the homies will tell you,
animal facts. I love animals.
I love primates.
If it got thumbs, I'm rocking with it.
You know, raccoons, they got thumbs.
Never heard anyone say they like raccoons.
-Raccoons are cool as hell. Yeah.
-[Omniya] Mm-hmm.
If you were an animal,
what would you be?
What resonates What
What resonates with your heart?
That's hard, 'cause there are
multiple animals that I would wanna be
for certain reasons.
I wanna be a bird, 'cause I want to fly.
-There we go.
-I wanna be a a bear,
-'cause I wanna hibernate. [laughs]
-Okay. [laughs]
-Tight. I like that. [laughs]
-Um
I wanna be a dolphin.
-They're in the water, they swim well.
-[Fulani] Okay.
[Omniya] And I love the water.
Dolphins are cute,
but they're also some
of the most outrageous animals in nature.
They kill out of revenge.
Dolphins are a little out there,
and I don't think she knows how
how gangsta they get. [laughs]
[music concludes]
[upbeat rock music playing]
-[music concludes]
-[cell phone ringing]
[cell phone chimes]
-Ah! Yay. Yasmin.
-[Yasmin] Hey, Hoda. Assalamu.
Hi, assalam. I have news.
I'm currently chaperoning, aka spying
[chuckles]
on Omar and Mariam's date.
[laughs] You wanna see?
-[Yasmin] No way.
-Let me show you. Hold on.
-[Yasmin] So cute!
-[Hoda] I know. It's actually
[Yasmin] Except for the creepy part
where you're watching them.
[laughs]
[Yasmin] Try to be extra quiet.
Don't make any sudden movements.
I'm outside.
I'm literally in my car,
'cause I was like,
"Let me give them some space." [laughs]
I think Hoda has a a really good sense
of when two people are going
to have that spark.
I think she's got a good predictor
of what would make
two people attracted to each other
or get closer to each other or, like,
wanna know more about each other.
I think she has just a natural ability.
Thank you.
But so far, definitely so good.
[music concludes]
So, do you want kids?
[quirky music playing]
-I wanna lot of
-A lot?
What's a lot?
[music concludes]
[quirky music playing]
-Okay, so here's where I struggle. Okay.
-[laughs]
I would like
to have a lot of kids, like four,
-or five. Okay.
-[Omar] Yeah.
-[Mariam] What about you?
-I want two sets of twins.
-[laughs]
-[Omar] Make it easy.
Just two sets of boys
and two sets of girls.
-Okay.
-Yeah.
-[Mariam] That's cool.
-Only two births, right?
-And it
-[Mariam] That you won't be doing.
[both laugh]
What names do you like?
Oh, I like like, names that, like, rhyme.
-Like Talia and and Dalia.
-[Mariam] Talia's pretty.
-Oh, Talia and Dalia.
-Dalia, yeah.
Twins, yeah. I like Musa.
-[Omar] Musa.
-I want a little Mus.
-[chuckles]
-[Mariam chuckles]
-[laughs] So cute, right?
-Yeah.
Maybe not when he's older.
-Not when he's, like 40.
-[Omar] Yeah.
-You can't call him Mus.
-We could call him Mus.
-[laughs] Okay.
-You get to embarrass your kids, right?
-Yeah.
-[music concludes]
It looks like they're having a good time.
Like, the body language,
uh, like, they're relaxed.
They're both, like, leaning back.
Their legs are, like,
angled towards each other.
-It's like they're, like
-So they're matching each other's energy.
They are. Like, when one of them
They're also matching physically.
If one of them lifts their hand,
the other one kind of does it,
like, instinctively.
All that stuff is happening.
They're mirroring, yes.
Do you have any icks?
Feet are gross.
-[Omar] Feet are gross.
-Feet are an ick.
[laughs] We're not talking about feet.
-Sorry. [laughs] Sorry. Ew, feet.
-Yeah.
-I'm really happy that I got to meet you.
-[Mariam laughs] Uh-huh.
-But I'm gonna have to catch my flight.
-[Mariam] Head out. Okay.
But I wanted to ask
if I could get your number.
-Yes, you can get my number.
-[Omar] All right, cool. Let's do it.
-All right, let's head out.
-[Mariam] Yeah.
-[laughs]
-[Mariam laughs]
I think that Omar and I
have very different interests,
but like as long as we're, like
open to each other's hobbies
and we're okay
with each other's lifestyle,
like, I'll watch you DJ
and come support you for like 30 minutes,
and then I'll go somewhere
and read a book till you're done. [laughs]
I want you to take me ♪
-That's cute. [laughs]
-Perfect.
Far away ♪
[music concludes]
[mellow music playing]
[Yasmin] When people start this process,
I really encourage them
to give it the time it deserves,
the attention it deserves,
and the fairness that it deserves.
You don't wanna swipe left or swipe right,
'cause you could have gone and done that.
You're here matchmaking.
So, the "Rules of Three"
are pretty simple.
You have to agree to meet three times
within three months
to see if there's an emotional
connection or not.
After that, if you want to be exclusive,
we say go on a deeper dive
with each other.
Because we don't want anyone
to just put out little breadcrumbs
and string somebody along forever.
Make a decision.
Three months, you're an adult. Come on.
[cell phone rings]
-[Yasmin] Assalamu alaikum.
-Wa alaikum assalam.
How are you, Omniya?
Girl, you look beautiful.
Your hair be hairin'. It be poppin'.
You look good. Girl, mashallah.
Thank you. I tried really hard.
It did not come easy.
[laughs] So, tell me, I would love
to know about this date with Fulani.
-Give me the deets.
-Okay. I was really nervous walking in.
Um, I liked the way
he articulated himself.
And tell me a little bit
about how you articulated yourself.
These are all my pieces
that I've had featured in galleries.
Wh I'm I'm confused.
What, like What is that a shot of?
Um
I might have came off
a bit serious but,
honestly, that is what I do
on every single first date.
That's who I am. I'm timid at first.
You know, I I observe.
I, you know, check people out
[Yasmin] Listened? You were doing
a lot of listening?
and then I become more comfortable.
-Yeah.
-Okay.
So, I'm just gonna say that I think that,
even though that
was your intention, obviously,
and you're listening,
sometimes our intentions,
our actions, can't reach the other person
'cause it's the first time
we've ever met them.
So, they don't
they can't read us, right?
Sometimes they feel
like you're pulling back.
-Yeah. I agree. Noted.
-[gentle music playing]
"Noted." I love that. "Noted."
She might be a little bit
more straight-laced than Fulani.
Fulani is playful.
He is really into the banter.
And I think she will go along with that.
But I'm definitely gonna take everything
that you're saying, and I'm gonna to be,
um, more comfortable.
And I'm going to be a lot more open
on our second date.
Yes. That's what I'm talking about.
Open like an open book,
who wants to be read.
I'm a good read.
Okay. Appreciate you. Bye. Salaam.
-[blows kisses]
-[upbeat music playing]
-[Will] Long time no see, man.
-[Fulani] How you doing, buddy?
-[Will] Oh, no, hug.
-[Fulani] Come on, man. How you
-I'm good, man. Been a minute.
-[Will] It's been a minute, bro.
Oh, man. Oh. You wanna go? You go first.
I had to get the Avengers
back together, bro.
Dude, anytime you text me, bro,
I'm always there, so
-Yeah. I already know, brother.
-Yeah, yeah.
-I appreciate that.
-[Muhammad] Bro, what you got going on?
-What's up with you?
-I mean, just, you know, the regular.
Working, marketing, you know?
And then right now, of course,
this this whole matchmaking stuff,
it's
-Oh. Talk about it.
-Yeah.
-[Will] I didn't wanna be the one to ask.
-No, no, no.
I was like,
"All right, job, fine, whatever, bro."
-But let's get to the business.
-Talk about it.
Listen, so they found a match.
She's from Maryland.
Um, that initial spark
hasn't been there yet,
but I see what the matchmaker was doing.
Like, she was cooking.
And I can see the, like,
clear connections.
-[Muhammad] Yeah.
-[Fulani] Shukran. Shukran.
[Muhammad] Yeah. Yeah, that make sense.
-Oh, wow. Hell yeah.
-[Muhammad] Hey, finally.
She does social work.
She does have a a
a community-oriented type of demeanor.
Uh, but, dude, what made you want
to go with, like, a Muslim matchmaker?
Like, what was that process like?
Well, my faith is important to me.
-[Will] Yeah.
-You know? I mean, a large inspiration
behind why I even wanna be married
is rooted in, like,
what my purpose is that I've gotten from,
you know, my religion, from my faith.
It's kind of a no-brainer, you know?
Muslim matchmaker,
lock me in with the Muslim shorties,
where they at?
-[Fulani] Feel me?
-[group laughs]
[Fulani] So, I'm relinquishing
my decision-making, for the most part,
to the matchmaker
and the process, so
-I don't know, the jury's still out.
-[music concludes]
What would you say, man, for someone who
You know what I'm saying?
We actually broke up, like, a week ago.
No, I'm just kidding.
-[laughter]
-Yeah, dude, it's hard, man.
Like, a lot of people don't realize that,
like, it's those day-to-day interactions
that really make you, like, grow
to appreciate and, like,
-love somebody, you know?
-Mm. Right.
You got to make that conscious effort
to send that picture
of when you think of her or whatever.
I don't know. It's corny stuff,
but it's, like,
really does go a long way, you know?
-That's a good example
-[Will] Yeah.
'cause, like, there were moments
where I was in relationships
where it's, like, all these little things
that remind me
of what we're building
and working towards.
-I haven't gotten to that point yet.
-[Will] Yeah.
I think it's important just to, like,
go with the flow, keep an open mind,
and not have, like,
a whole bunch of requirements. Like
Yes, sir. Hundred percent.
Hundred percent.
[Fulani] Even though it doesn't feel
like it's right on the mark,
it's on the board.
We've still got time to connect.
We've still got time to communicate.
So that could Who knows?
Is she interested in animal facts?
-Yes.
-Okay.
-Yes.
-I was about to say,
'cause you know
you an animal fact guru. [laughs]
You know I love the Come on, bro.
[Will] Dude, you one time called a ferret
the limousine of rats
-and that shit had me, like, dead.
-[laughs]
-You feel me?
-Come on. Yeah, yeah.
-[all laugh]
-[music concludes]
[upbeat music playing]
Well, when Yasmin told me
she found me a match,
I was really surprised,
but also, like, very thrilled.
I think that, given my struggles
with dating,
I figured it would take her a little bit.
However, I would love to see
what it's like dating someone who goes out
and then, like, enjoys himself,
but, you know, still has faith,
still follows the tenets of Islam,
and trying to find a healthy balance
of what that means for him
and for me and for us.
-[music concludes]
-[gentle music playing]
[Noureen] This is my first
blind date ever in life,
and so, you know, I'm holding my breath.
I think I'm hesitant 'cause I am nervous
about being hopeful.
I have a little bit of a wall up.
Going on this first date,
using a matchmaker is just me, like,
being completely vulnerable
and, like, leaving it all up to God.
-God plans, and you just gotta do it.
-[music concludes]
[pop music playing,
Jonathan Murrill "Got Me Feeling Like"]
You got me feeling like ♪
You got me feeling like ♪
You got me feeling like ♪
-[Fahim] Noureen?
-Hi, yeah, you Fahim?
-Hi. Fahim, nice to meet you.
-Hi. Great. How are you?
Let's sit down.
-[music concludes]
-[machine beeping]
So, um, you want
to play some games?
-Yeah.
-[Fahim] We got Skee-Ball,
we got Connect Four.
What are you better at?
[Noureen] None, but I'm, like,
really competitive.
-[laughs]
-I don't know,
but don't don't go easy on me.
-Mm-hmm.
-Because then I'll be sad.
[upbeat music playing]
-[Fahim] Oh, no. That was bad.
-Do not let me win.
[Fahim] No. I won't. I won't.
I mean, also if you wanna let me win
[Fahim] I I just gotta
understand, like, you know, where you at.
You know, I don't wanna go too hard.
Embarrass you.
Whatever. You know what?
Winner gets next round.
So you can win.
[both laugh]
Honestly, I'm not very competitive, right?
So I'm, like, more chill, just try my best
at everything, everywhere in life.
-But you seem outgoing as well.
-Yes. Outgoing, yes.
No, I like that. I like that a lot.
I was telling Yasmin
that I needed someone with, like,
main character energy
but was, like, chill.
I'm definitely chill, all right?
We could We could be
main character, though.
-[laughs] Okay. Yeah.
-Right? Like, don't just be, like, there.
[Fahim] Just there, like, boring
-Yeah, yeah. Don't be boring.
-like, chill. [laughs]
-Okay, I guess I'll just be red.
-[Fahim] All right. Yeah, go ahead.
-Okay.
-[mellow music playing]
He didn't let me win, which I appreciated.
I think he was really cute, really funny.
And I
kinda let my guard down a little bit.
And he w He helped with that.
Well, that was fun.
-That was fun.
-Mm-hmm.
I haven't played, um, arcade games
in a long time.
-Me neither, yeah.
-Um, cool. How's your drink?
-It's watered down now. The ice melted.
-[Fahim] Mm. [laughs]
But ginger ale is ginger ale.
I feel like all brown people
love ginger ale.
Mm-hmm. I love ginger ale.
Anytime you have a problem, ginger ale.
-Ginger ale. Yeah, yeah. [laughs]
-[laughs]
The banter was pretty good.
We're just on a similar wavelength.
We, you know, even match up on our halal
to haram ratios,
which is kind of that balance
that you keep with your faith.
I mean, if I'm, like, you know,
going to a party or something,
so then I'll be like, okay,
let me hype myself up, you know,
with pre-gaming or whatever.
-But my dad, like
-[Fahim] Uh-huh.
really hates he hates
that I wear leggings.
-Those are his "tight pants," right?
-[Fahim] Mm. Yeah.
-He's, like, not into it.
-I told my parents,
"I'm not gonna be a doctor, I'm sorry."
-"I'm going to business." [laughs]
-I love my job
-Uh-huh.
-and I love the clients that I work for,
but if you had to, like, pick
between, like, working
and, like, being a mermaid
-[Fahim] Uh-huh.
-You know,
like, I would Yeah, I'd be a mermaid.
-Know what I mean?
-Who wouldn't want to be a mermaid?
-What kind of music do you listen to?
-Everything.
-Everything? Yeah.
-[Noureen] Yeah. What kind of
-Everything. [laughs]
-[laughs]
Brown boys like Drake,
brown girls like Beyoncé. [laughs]
It's not the same. There's an unhealthy,
toxic relationship
that brown men have with Drake.
A lot of South Asian men have
an unhealthy, toxic attachment to Drake.
Um, there have been articles written
about it. [chuckles]
But you know what?
Compromises can be made.
So, like, what's your favorite food?
-My mom's roast chicken.
-Okay.
[Fahim] You know,
the Bengali roast chicken type?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-[Fahim] Yeah, yeah.
-Are you close with your parents?
-Um, I am now.
Like, as I've gotten older,
I'm a lot closer to them.
-[Fahim] Uh-huh.
-What about your parents?
-I tell my mom everything, like
-Ah.
dating-wise and stuff.
Like, "Oh, yeah, I'm going on a date here.
Oh, I'm meeting this person."
You know, she she's been on my case
to get, like, start finding someone
for a while now.
I mean, when COVID hit,
I came back to my parents.
Felt like I was back in high school.
And she's giving me input.
She's giving me advice.
And it's something
I could have never imagined.
-[Noureen] Oh.
-Yeah.
Okay.
I think, you know, you have
to be a little wary of his relationship
with his mother. Sometimes,
brown boys just, you know,
they're it's it's mom or nothing.
And that's not a bad thing,
but it's definitely something that,
is what I like to call
like an orange flag.
[music concludes]
-It was a pleasure meeting you. Um
-[Noureen] Oh, you too.
Maybe we can, um, do this again sometime.
-Yeah.
-[Fahim] Yeah. Let me get your number?
-Yeah, yeah.
-[Fahim] Awesome.
[soft music playing]
[Fahim] I think the matchmakers
did a wonderful job.
She's very pretty, beautiful,
someone who is open,
who likes to do similar things to me. So,
you know, she checked all those boxes.
So, I mean, I'm happy.
I had a great time, um,
but I think it's to be determined
if he has main character energy
and can be chill at the same time.
I think I need to go on a couple
more dates with him to see,
but I'm excited to do so.
-Okay. Bye.
-Bye.
[music concludes]
[pop house music playing,
Extreme Music "Feels Like Magic"]
Oh, feels like magic ♪
Oh, feels like magic ♪
[music concludes]
Hello.
Hey. Assalamu alaikum.
Where are you? [laughs]
I'm at work, just walking to my car.
Oh, looks like you're in
another furniture store.
Um, all right, well, how do you feel
about, you know, your date with Mariam?
[Omar] I think we got along pretty well.
-Yeah.
-We've been chatting,
it's like, since I got home.
-Oh, you have been? Yay!
-[soft music playing]
You know, Mariam and Omar
really hit it off.
They were really engaged with each other.
They were talking about all kinds
of too serious topics.
-[Mariam] Hello.
-Hi. Assalamu alaikum. So glad you called.
How are you feeling post-Omar?
[Mariam] I think it's going really good,
like he's very sweet, very kind.
[Mariam giggles]
Oh, what was that little giggle?
That was cute.
-Oh, yeah. Sorry.
-[laughs]
[Mariam] I'm feeling good, I just-
I have a question for you.
Okay. Tell me.
[Mariam] Okay so, Omar and I
are texting a lot
-Okay, good.
-like, a lot a lot.
[Mariam] Um, like if you look at
our text thread right now, it's like
I send him 30 messages and he responds
with 30 messages.
Okay, I was going to say,
does he respond with one?
-[Hoda] Are you talking today, too?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think we're probably gonna have
a little Facetime call.
We're texting a lot, um
there's a lot that I still want
to get to know about her.
Yeah.
Things like, will oru friends get along,
will our families get along.
When do you think you would want to, like,
tell your parents about her,
like, talk to your parents about her?
[Omar] Um
I may have already.
-Already?
-[Omar laughs]
Okay.
Who tells their parents
that they're serious about somebody
after a first date?
[Mariam] But my thing is like
what happens
is that things go really fast for me
and then they crash.
I think a big one is,
is what her dream wedding looks like.
I would probably pick, like,
a much smaller wedding.
Okay.
I think we have some time before
before that that is
-is necessary to figure out. Oh, my gosh.
-Uh
Our religion is so
about walking the middle path
and finding balance in your life.
Whatever you do,
don't be too extreme about it.
This is just moving too fast.
[Mariam] I'm 30, and this is, like,
the first time I've felt
secure in someone communicating with me.
Maybe work on being
a little more intentional
with your time as far as, like,
planning a FaceTime for, like, after work.
And, like And, like, plan out,
like, a little schedule, maybe,
just because when you text,
you literally have to, like,
take your mind off of everything
you're doing,
your hands off of everything you're doing.
-And I don't want it to, like impact
-[Mariam] Yeah.
your day-to-day lives too much.
Okay. Like, I want it
I want it to be a slow gradual thing.
I don't want it like
Yes. Yes.
Talk to me,
and I'll help you kind of reel it in.
If this match is meant to work,
it's gonna be from Allah, and it'll work,
so just slow down.
But treat it, you know, delicately,
and if it's written for you, it'll happen.
-[Omar laughs]
-Okay.
[music concludes]
[upbeat music playing]
-[Yasmin] Look how beautiful.
-[Hoda] Oh!
Sleeves are gorgeous.
-Do you have them made in Pakistan?
-Yes.
We love ourselves
a little Muslim-owned business.
Yeah, girl. What do you think?
I I like that a lot more.
Who doesn't want
a little pink satin number?
It just looks so Barbie.
It's like there's a tipping point
where you go from Barbie to clown.
-[laughs]
-[Yasmin] Well
[music concludes]
[Hoda] Um, so I wanted to update you
quickly on Omar and Mariam.
-Oh, yeah.
-My one concern
-is they're moving a little too fast.
-Oh.
They're texting all day long,
talking constantly
[whimsical music playing]
falling asleep on FaceTime.
Like I know, I know.
-Falling asleep on FaceTime?
-I know.
-This is like within one week of meeting.
-[Yasmin] Uh, every night.
Oh, no!
-[Hoda laughs] It's not good.
-They need an intervention.
Yeah.
You just met, and you're talking
on FaceTime every night. It's disruptive.
It's totally non-sustainable.
It's losing your entire, like,
night [scoffs] to somebody else.
It's weird.
At least for Mariam,
I know she tends to move too quickly.
And I think we kinda saw this
as a big possibility
of it maybe happening.
And now that it has,
I think it's like, "Okay,
let's just try and help them
slow down a little bit."
Honestly, sometimes couples,
they just go off the rails.
-Yeah.
-And they don't
-listen to the guidance about going slow.
-Exactly.
[Yasmin] And it has to come
from a place of care.
So, I'll talk to them
from a place of care.
-We'll see. Inshallah.
-[Yasmin] Okay. Inshallah.
Um, I'm definitely gonna walk out
with this Barbie-world situation.
-[laughs]
-[music concludes]
Shut up with the pink satin.
[upbeat music playing]
[Yasmin] Good morning.
Oh, my God,
I love that you have a birdcage chair.
-Yes, I love the egg chair.
-Good morning.
Good morning. How are you?
Good. I am checking in
about you and Mr. Omar.
With Mariam and Omar, it feels like things
are kind of falling off the track.
And I'm just trying to figure out
if I can have a conversation with her
to get some guardrails up.
You know what I'm saying?
How are things going?
How do you feel about the pace?
I don't like to be in situationships
for, like, a long time.
-I agree with that.
-Right? And I don't think that's right.
-So, I I always say like
-Agreed.
"Listen, is this on a path
or is this not on a path?"
I think in the past,
I wasn't secure in the relationship.
Like, I felt like it was very toxic.
-Yeah.
-This is like a very non-toxic
This is non-toxic.
Non-toxicity feels special.
Yeah. You know he wants
to come every weekend.
I just want you to just try your
try your best
to pump the brakes a little bit.
I get I get anxious
about the slowdown. [chuckles]
Sure. Sure. Whenever you feel anxious
about the slowdown,
I want you to remember
that this is a healthy relationship.
I want you to just be in total calm,
if possible.
Okay.
-Okay, and
-I'm calm I'm calm.
-You are?
-Yeah, I'm pretty calm.
-You're amazing. You've got this.
-[whimsical music playing]
I am good at taking advice
if I think it's relevant,
but I don't think anyone likes
to take advice. [chuckles]
The major bit of advice I have
is that when you ask a question,
you answer it before you ask it.
You need to be busy sometimes.
You've got things to do.
So, I always say, like,
don't make a decision until
what you do is that
they will ignite flames,
which will burn down a house.
Do you guys have these conversations
with him, too?
Oh, yes. Don't worry.
-[Mariam] Okay.
-Don't worry.
Oh, we're going to be
talking to him, too, boo.
[music concludes]
[afrowave music playing,
Jason Julian "Run to Your Love"]
Run to your love
Then run to the morning ♪
Run to your love ♪
[Fulani] You know, we're following
the Rule of Threes, which says that
you lock in and you commit to getting
to know this person fully,
without any other distractions
from outside sources, forces.
Cut off all of the roster.
And, um, my faith is a strong
leading factor in that.
You shouldn't even be completely
complacent with who you are right now.
We should have foresight when it comes
to our lives and trajectory.
I'm optimistic about these matchmakers.
They put time and effort
into what they've done,
and they have a track record
that I do not have.
And that's beautiful, and that's gas.
I'd much rather have someone
who knows more than me,
you know, guide my hand.
I like to be an instrument.
That's what I kind of, I had to do
when it came to my faith.
I had to, like, relinquish myself.
I had to remove my ego from my existence.
So, for the folks who need a little help
on how to be good people,
I outsource it.
[music concludes]
[synthpop music playing, Cole Mitchell
& Aaron Kaplan "I Think We're Perfect"]
I'm not that patient
And I'm unrefined ♪
And I know you're cautious
But I gave it time ♪
And a love that's flawless
Doesn't happen twice ♪
You keep acting like you know me
Then you're making me wait ♪
I'm tired of you ♪
'Cause no one's perfect ♪
But when it comes to you and me
And as far as I can see ♪
I kept hurting ♪
[music concludes]
Oh, man, this is a lot.
I'm excited. [sighs]
[pop music playing]
I I definitely want this date
to be a little bit more fun, you know?
Uh, just take the pressure off.
Get a chance to actually connect
with the person that's there rather than
trying to see if they fit
this space that I've created
for the future, you know?
-[Omniya] Let me think.
-Oh, man.
-[music concludes]
-What do I want to do?
You can draw me
like one of your French girls.
-Like one of my what?
-Like one of my
like one of your French girls.
-[romantic music playing]
-French?
-The Titanic. You've seen Titanic?
-Oh.
-It's classic.
-You know, I saw it when I was young.
I hate Rose. She's the worst.
[music concludes]
[melancholic flute music playing]
[music concludes]