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I know this guy who is very religious and have a good attitude, but his mom is not a good person and everyone complain about her, his mom is relative to us, but people in our relative don't say good things about her. Do I only look at the person's religion and how good he is or I am I supposed to look at his parents too. Please clarify that for me what our religion says about that, please answer me as soon as possible because I have to make a decision soon.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
The principle of acceptance or rejection of a marriage proposal is the piety and character of the man, as the Prophet 
said: "When someone with whose religion and character you are satisfied proposes for marriage, then accept his proposal. If you do not do so there will be corruption and great evil on the earth". [At-Tirmithi and Ibn Maajah]
If a person is religious and of good character he will not deal unjustly with his wife to please his mother and he will respect everyone's rights, Allaah willing.
We advise the enquirer to perform the prayer of Istikhaarah, and if the man is religious and of good character then accept his proposal. His mother's behavior should not be a reason to reject his proposal.
Allaah know best.
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