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Is it permissible to continue communicating with a girl with the intention of marriage, given the current inability to propose due to financial circumstances and construction issues, and the fear of her marrying someone else?

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Familiarity between young men and women via the internet is a gateway to evil, and the existing relationship must be severed. If you are unable to marry now, occupy yourself with what benefits you. If you are able to propose to her through her guardians now, on the condition that she waits for you, then there is no objection. However, phone or online relationships are not permissible before the legitimate marriage contract. "And whoever gives up something for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better than it." One must be keen on safeguarding their religion and the righteousness of their heart by avoiding temptations, associating with the righteous, attaching themselves to mosques and knowledge, making abundant supplications, and occupying their time with beneficial deeds.

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