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You are sinful for being in a relationship with someone else but you are not sinful for refusing to marry someone you don’t want.

QUESTION: My family’s marriage proposal for me was almost fixed, but I never wanted it because I loved someone else. Despite telling them, I was pressured to agree. I didn’t speak to the chosen man for six months because I didn’t want the marriage. Eventually, he understood and the proposal stopped. Now everyone is deeply hurt, and some curse me. Am I sinful for stopping the marriage and hurting everyone?

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Pre-Marital Relations | September 23, 2026 6:42 am
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QUESTION: My father pays my university fees and tells me to study certain subjects or skills. I can do what he asks, but I also want to study other things. I fear that if I tell him I understand what he wants but am studying other things too, he may stop paying my fees. Am I sinful for not telling him everything I study and continuing to use his money for my university education? Am I wasting his money?
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QUESTION: A year ago I was in a haram relationship but not now Alhamdulillah. And while we were in that haram, she used to give some gifts like Qur’an, prayer mat, t-shirt, backpack, etc. My question is, can I still use those things? Note: 1. These things don’t remind me of her. 2. I’m using them because they are a necessity at the moment.