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Is a young man considered sinful for marrying a girl he is pleased with, despite his parents' disapproval and their threat of ostracization, and does a mother have the right to use the claim of filial piety as a means to force her opinion on him and strip him of his right to choose his life partner?

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Source: FtawySummarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The answer advises parents not to prevent their son from marrying someone he loves, if she is religious and of good character, out of concern for his happiness. Forcing him to marry someone he does not love may lead to divorce or unhappiness. Parents do not have the right to compel him, nor do they have the right to disown him, because boycotting a Muslim is forbidden, and the sin is greater if it involves boycotting a kinship tie. The Muslim is not sinful for what he has done, and he should continue to honor his mother and maintain ties with his siblings, striving to mend the relationship with them. If they persist in boycotting him, he should seek Allah's help and continue to maintain ties with them, for "the one who maintains ties is not the one who reciprocates, but the one who maintains ties is he who, when his kinship is cut off, he connects it."

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