What is the solution to the problem of delayed marriage for a 26-year-old girl who fears spinsterhood?
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The phenomenon of spinsterhood among Muslim women is serious and requires a drastic solution. The most effective remedy for it consists of two matters: eliminating difficulties by facilitating dowries and reducing the costs of marriage, and spreading the jurisprudence of polygyny and advocating for it.
We advise the sister to supplicate to Allah for her marriage to be facilitated, and to offer herself through her mahrams to whomever she deems righteous and virtuous, even if he is married, just as the woman did who offered herself to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
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