The relationship between a girl and a boy over the phone

The questioner:
We received this question from the questioner, S. C., who says: Honorable Shaykh, I have a friend who talks to a boy via social media, and she says that she will marry him after he graduates from high school. She is currently still in the third year of middle school. The question is: Is this girl’s relationship with the boy considered forbidden?

The Shaykh:
This is considered one of the matters that cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation); it causes fitnah. The relationship between males and females via the mobile phone, when they are not their mahram (a relative one may not marry) or their wives, is not permissible because it is a means to evil and to a forbidden relationship. So one must beware of this bad habit. Yes.

The questioner:
The questioner says in her paragraph: If this friend of mine does not listen to my advice after I have explained to her the Islamic rulings regarding this, should I distance myself from her?

The Shaykh:
If she does not accept it, distance yourself from her so that you are not influenced by her. Yes.