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Is it permissible for me to reject suitors who are not religiously and morally committed, and how can I overcome society's negative perception and its impact on me due to my delayed marriage?

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We advise the questioner to be patient, steadfast, and content with Allah's decree, for contentment opens up various types of joy and happiness for the servant. We also advise her to supplicate frequently for a righteous husband, not to mind people's talk, and to occupy herself with what benefits her in her religion and worldly life. She should beware of rushing into marriage and settling for a person weak in faith. She should seek Allah's help against people's harm and minimize mixing with them, limiting her companionship to those who remind her of Allah, for most people do not encourage good.

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