What is the ruling on accepting or rejecting a suitor who is educated, has a good income, owns a house and a car, and is religiously committed, but there is no social, educational, or cultural compatibility between his family and the girl's family? Does this affect the marriage and the future of the children, or is it sufficient to consider the young man's personality, morals, and religiosity?
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If the young man proposing to you is religious and of good character, accept him, in accordance with the Prophetic guidance: "If someone whose character and religious commitment you approve of comes to you, then marry him." For a person of religious commitment and good character, good is hoped from him; if he loves, he honors, and if he dislikes, he does not wrong. Do not pay attention to his family's social status, for the success of children depends on the role and wisdom of the parents.
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