Is the husband required to divorce his wife after they have both repented to Allah, knowing that they met online before marriage?
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It is forbidden for a man to establish a relationship with a foreign woman through any means. Whoever does so must repent, seek forgiveness, and cease the disobedience. There is no objection to him marrying this woman if she is chaste, and he must keep her and treat her with kindness.
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