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According to the noble verse (So ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know), and the verses and hadiths that encourage marriage for chastity and facilitate it, is it permissible for a mature girl to marry whom she desires if her father refuses due to the suitor's inability to provide material requirements such as a dowry, a house, and a car, knowing that the young man and the girl both wish to be chaste from what is forbidden, and is their working together to achieve this considered a sharia-related embarrassment?

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It is natural for a guardian to be keen on the interests of his ward and to secure the means for the continuation of their relationship. This is, in fact, one of the objectives of marriage. If the suitor does not possess the means for marriage, he should be patient until Allah facilitates his affair, whether for marriage to this particular girl or another. It is permissible for a woman to work in accordance with Sharia guidelines, and the guardian does not have the right to refuse a marriage without a legitimate Sharia reason. The noble Hadith, "If he goes out seeking to earn for himself to maintain his chastity, then he is in the path of Allah," indicates the virtue of striving to earn for the sake of chastity, to avoid what is unlawful and to abstain from fornication.

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