How can one deal with an emotional relationship that began unlawfully, and how can it be transformed into a legitimate and acceptable relationship after God has guided me, knowing that the relationship has become public between the two families?

Emotional relationships between a man and a woman who are not married to each other are forbidden outside the framework of marriage. The knowledge of the girl's family about this relationship does not make it permissible. Therefore, one must repent and take the initiative to marry the girl. If financial ability is the impediment, then marriage is one of the causes of wealth, as stated in the Holy Quran: "And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing." (An-Nur 24:32). Likewise, in the Prophetic Hadith (definition): "There are three whom it is a right upon Allah to help: the Mujahid (fighter) in the way of Allah, the Mukatab (slave who has a contract of emancipation) who intends to fulfill his contract, and the one who marries seeking chastity."

If marriage becomes easy, then praise be to Allah. If it does not become easy, then the relationship with her must be severed. The inability to part with her may be a satanic trick or an illusion that vanishes with sincere resolve with Allah.