16-year-old married 71-year-old, you won't believe what they planned to do if others didn't.

The Riyayad and his elderly bride, known only as Rohaya, are said to have been married in their village of Karangedah in the western province of Sumatra, Indonesia.

As is the custom in the area, the couple were to ask for permission from the owner of the house where marriage would be solemnized because the bride was a widow twice.

The couple said their love for each other was so powerful that they would commit suicide together if the wedding was to stumble, because “we're completely in love, and if one of them dies, the other has to die neither.”

After initially showing scepticism toward the relationship, the householder, who happened to be a community leader named Kuswoyo, reportedly gave him permission. The minimum official age for boys to marry in Indonesia is 19, but a path allows every marriage within a person's religious feelings, but it is not clear who has abandoned him. The Muslim couple have formed a husbandly marriage known to society but not by the State.

Islam does not have formal barriers to marriage age, but requires consensus on whether the bride and groom have reached “maturity”.