How can I rid myself of my love for a female TV presenter whom I saw while watching news of the Gaza war, knowing that I am a committed young man and was trying to invite her to wear the hijab?
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The path to repentance is open through sincerity, regret, and determination not to return [to the sin], along with seeking forgiveness and making supplication. To treat unlawful attachment, there are two remedies: First: Averting one's gaze from images of the object of attachment and all its traces, while following the advice of Al-Ghazali and Ibn Al-Jawzi on complete severance. Second: Seriously striving for marriage and overcoming societal restrictions that delay marriage, and achieving sincerity in seeking chastity and the lawful ().
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