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Is the wife considered a betrayer to her husband for knowing another young man before her marriage to him, and that is after he proposed to her, and the father refused the proposal because he did not have a job in the public sector?

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A woman has the right to search for a righteous man to marry within the bounds of Islamic law. It is forbidden for her to establish a romantic relationship with a non-mahram man. If a girl rejects a suitor because her father refused him, she incurs no sin by turning away from him and searching for someone else. Among the most important foundations for choosing a suitor are that he be a man of faith and good character, and that he have a permissible job or work that enables him to provide a decent living for his family.

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