How should an engaged woman act when facing pressure from her fiancé to perform acts permissible only between married couples, while her family refuses to expedite the marriage contract out of fear of transgressions, all the while her sins are increasing and she fears the consequences of an early marriage contract?
The fiancé is a stranger to the fiancée, and it is not permissible to be alone with him or for him to look at her. What occurred between you is a sin that necessitates sincere repentance, characterized by remorse, cessation, and a firm resolve not to return to it. After the marriage contract, the fiancé becomes a husband, and whatever is permissible for spouses becomes permissible for him, while observing local customs. The family should hasten to marry off their daughter if a suitable match is found, for "There are three things that should not be delayed: prayer when its time comes, a funeral when it is ready, and a previously married woman (Ayyim) when a suitable match is found for her."
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