What is the ruling on a normal acquaintance between a young man and a young woman via the internet within the bounds of respect and propriety, followed immediately by the young man proposing to the young woman by sending his family to see her, and then the family inquiring about the young man, knowing that no romantic or unlawful conversation takes place between them?
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Conversation between young men and women on the internet is a gateway to temptation, and claims of purity and good intentions are not acceptable. If a young man proposes marriage, that is the correct approach. It should be known that a suitor is a stranger to his fiancée.
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