A man speaking with a non-mahram woman through social media
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding what is called social media, and also mobile phones, is it permissible for a non-mahram man to speak with a non-mahram woman when she does not see him and he does not see her?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. If it is ordinary conversation that contains no, I mean, no hope of the man, just ordinary conversation, then there is no harm. But if it contains joking or gives the man hope, then it is not permissible, even if it is on the mobile phone. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Ahzab 33:32]. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
The Shaykh:
A woman does not joke with a man who is not one of her mahram, she does not joke with him; because if she jokes with him, he will have hope for her. Yes.
The questioner:
And he clarified that.
The Shaykh:
He does not joke with her, he does not joke with the woman, because if he jokes with her, she will have hope for him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding what is called social media, and also mobile phones, is it permissible for a non-mahram man to speak with a non-mahram woman when she does not see him and he does not see her?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible. If it is ordinary conversation that contains no, I mean, no hope of the man, just ordinary conversation, then there is no harm. But if it contains joking or gives the man hope, then it is not permissible, even if it is on the mobile phone. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
lest he in whose heart is disease should covet, but speak with appropriate speech.
فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًاThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:
The Shaykh:
A woman does not joke with a man who is not one of her mahram, she does not joke with him; because if she jokes with him, he will have hope for her. Yes.
The questioner:
And he clarified that.
The Shaykh:
He does not joke with her, he does not joke with the woman, because if he jokes with her, she will have hope for him. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين25-05-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:35)
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