POWERFUL REMINDER-WHAT THE QURAN SAYS ABOUT BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND RELATIONSHIP BY USTADH MURTAZA KHAN
Do you know what is considered a haram relationship? The definition of a haram relationship is a romantic or non-professional relationship between a man and a woman of marriageable age who are not each other’s mehrams. The stamp of “haram” does not only apply to illegal sexual intercourse, it also applies to touching, friendship beyond a professional level, chatting on the phone, and texting with the opposite sex. Basically, any sort of relationship with a non-mehram person of the opposite gender (beyond a non-romantic, necessity-based nature) will be considered haram. This is because there is an Islamic principle which states that anything which leads to the haram is also haram.
The Prophet (SAW) warned, “Behold! A man is not alone with a (non-mehram) woman but the third amongst them is Shaytan.” (Jami Al-Tirmidhi, 265) Which means that Shaytan will definitely turn an innocent meeting or conversation into something which is wrong and lustful.
So, if chatting between friends has the potential to develop into a haram romantic relationship, then chatting is off the table. If texting one-on-one has the potential of developing into a haram relationship, then that’s off the table, too. And even if something is strictly platonic, and you think that there is no way that could turn into something romantic, it’s still off the table because laws are made for the rule, not the exception. And Islamic laws are no different.
The Qur’an says, “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their modesty.” (24:30) The same was also said for women in the following verse.
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