The Ruling on Marriage to a Female Friend Abroad

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some have issued a ruling permitting what is called marriage to a female friend, or the marriage of a female friend, and they issued this ruling for those who reside abroad. Is such a thing permissible?

Answer:
As mentioned previously, a "female friend" means one with whom he has a relationship of fornication; she was his friend, and the people of fornication commit fornication with her. Because among those abroad, one either has a female companion, a friend for fornication, or a wife. The common practice among them is that they have concubines; they have concubines and female friends without a lawful Islamic marriage. It is not permissible for him to marry this fornicatress and this wicked woman. He marries her while she is wicked, he commits fornication with her, and others commit fornication with her. She is a fornicatress. It is not permissible to marry her except with the two conditions mentioned previously. Yes.