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How can a female student reconcile her desire to marry a young man she met online with her mother's strong rejection, especially since he is threatening suicide if the marriage does not take place?

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Islam warns against establishing relationships between the sexes outside of marriage and prohibits dating programs to prevent temptation. Entering chat rooms and forming a relationship with a foreign young man is wrong, and one should not insist on marrying him under the pretext of love and threatening him with suicide. A young man who establishes relationships online lacks religious deterrence, and threatening suicide indicates weakness of faith or blackmail. Such a marriage will lead to suspicion and distrust. One must repent to Allah, cut off the relationship with this young man, and start a new life full of chastity, regret, avoidance of temptations, righteous deeds, reading the Quran, and associating with righteous women.

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