How can one deal with a 25-year-old young man whose relationship with a girl has caused tension in his relationship with his parents and led to his father disowning him, while he believes that they are oppressing him and that he can no longer tolerate living with them, despite the imam of the mosque advising him of the obligation to obey his parents, knowing that he still falsely swears that he has cut off his relationship with the girl, and that he has no other place to live, and that his family cannot currently help him with the costs of marriage, bearing in mind that the girl is convincing him that what they are doing is not considered disobedience to parents?
It is recommended to supplicate for the child's righteousness and guidance, as a parent's supplication is answered. Marriage to a girl whom the parents dislike, if it fulfills the conditions [of marriage], is valid, but proceeding with it is an act of disobedience due to contradicting the parents in a matter of common good. The matter should be handled with wisdom: if the dislike for the girl is for a valid reason, such as her religiosity or character, then there is no harm in insisting on the rejection and breaking the spell through lawful means. However, if the dislike is merely due to social status, then this is not an excuse, and it is advisable to abandon this criterion and limit acceptance or rejection to religiosity and character.
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