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Assalamalekum ImamSaheb, I would like to know if one can marry a girl even though he has given her a Sister's card on her Birthday but later realized that he was wrong.JazakAllah Khair

· 4 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1422 AH1 min readFatwa 3561English

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Assalamalekum Imam Saheb, I liked my cousin but i dont know about her,i tried a lot to find out about what she feels about me but couldn't so one day i got so frustrated that i gave her a Sister's Greeting card on her Birthday and for sometime i thought that i was right but later i came to know that i couldn't forget her,so i would like to know as to whether am i doing a wrong thing. JazakAllah Khair

Answer

To offer a non-Mahram (not prohibited in marriage) woman a birthday card, etc. is not permissible. However, that does not prohibit getting married to such a woman.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

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