What should I do regarding my family's refusal to marry me to a religiously committed man, given his family's religious commitment, despite my feeling of comfort and tranquility after performing Istikhara prayer, and the fact that I am 25 years old and they do not care, and their fear of me wearing the niqab, while I am the only one who wears the hijab and my mother rejects the hijab and my father does not care?
If a man of religion and good character proposes to you, your guardians do not have the right to refuse him, as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If someone whose religion and character you approve comes to propose to you, then marry him. If you do not do so, there will be tribulation on earth and widespread corruption." You should try to convince your family, and if they insist on refusal, you can consult a Sharia judge to compel the guardian to marry you off, or the judge can marry you off if the guardian refuses.
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