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What is the ruling on associating with a person who describes himself as abandoning prayer, drinking alcohol, committing adultery, taking bribes, and consuming unlawful earnings, yet desires marriage with a promise of repentance and a request for the girl to stand by him?

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The young man must immediately repent of all sins, especially abandoning prayer and the ensuing destructive acts like fornication and drinking alcohol. He should be advised gently and kindly. As for the young woman, she must avoid him because he is a stranger to her. If he repents and his religion and character become upright, then she may accept him as a husband. Otherwise, she should completely disregard him and be wary of such individuals, as some of them set traps for young women.

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