What is the Sharia's opinion on girls who reject suitors due to astrological incompatibility, or who request a secret probationary period of acquaintance before their families know? Is this considered evidence of their foolishness, lack of religious commitment, and immodesty, or is it a normal matter these days? Should a suitor who seeks chastity submit to this unlawful seclusion? What is the role of these girls in the defeat of the Ummah, especially with some of them exceeding the age of twenty-five?
A girl should not reject a suitor claiming incompatibility of horoscopes, as this is forbidden and a form of divination. It is permissible to delay consent to the engagement to ascertain the suitor's religiosity and character, provided that the acquaintance does not occur in an unlawful manner, such as private seclusion (khalwa). The suitor is not permitted to agree to anything that contradicts Islamic law.
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