Is paying money to someone to obtain a marriage approval for a Saudi national to marry an Iraqi woman residing in Iraq—knowing in advance that such marriages are prohibited and that the amounts paid range between 5,000 and 20,000 Saudi riyals as "fees" or a "gift"—considered a bribe that necessitates repentance?
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You are not at fault for what you did, as you achieved something permissible for you through it. No individual or entity has the right to forbid what Allah has made lawful.
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