Is it permissible to reject righteous suitors while awaiting a former suitor with whom marriage will not take place, and is there sin in fearing that the suitor might change after marriage or marry another?
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You bear no sin for rejecting a suitor and awaiting the one you desire. Your apprehension about a suitor's character changing after marriage is unfounded, for the failure of a first engagement does not preclude good from being found in another suitor. Make a good choice, then rely upon Allah and think well of Him, and do not pay heed to whispers and delusions.
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