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Does sin befall the suitor if he breaks off the engagement due to the bad reputation of his fiancée's father, despite the girl's good character?

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Filial piety and obedience to parents are obligatory. However, a fiancé's father's bad reputation does not justify breaking off the engagement if she herself is religious and of good character, because Allah Almighty says: {And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another}. Try to convince your mother, and if she is not pleased, then do not marry her. You will not incur any sin.

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