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What is better for this girl to find a righteous husband and psychological stability: should she stay with her mother in a foreign country where marriage opportunities are few and her past memories are painful, or should she return to her home country and live with her married siblings or alone in a rented apartment?

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The fatwa agrees that the chances of marriage for an expatriate girl are fewer, and there is no blame on her or her family for avoiding the causes that reduce her marriage prospects. The fatwa believes that the best solution is to convince the mother not to travel, especially if she has sufficient money, and that her remaining with her children is better for her. If she cannot be convinced, the two available options are to stay in the country with the brothers, bearing the lack of stability and privacy, or to travel with the mother with the possibility that Allah may facilitate a job and a righteous husband for her. The fatwa warns against living in a separate apartment due to the dangers involved.

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