Is what happened considered an engagement over the engagement of his brother, and what is the ruling of Islamic law regarding that?
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If you proposed to a girl before you knew of her acceptance of the first suitor, then there is no blame upon you, because the default rule is permissibility. It is permissible for the girl to break off the first engagement and accept your proposal, and this is not forbidden according to the majority of scholars.
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