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Question: engagement no.2
while you are engaged are you allowed to have any physical contacts with your fiance and i do not mean sex i mean like kissing and holding hands?
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 04 (London)
Date: 11/07/2007 13:48pm

Bismillah

Al-jawab billahi at-taufeeq (the answer with Allah's guidance)


No, this will not be permissible. The purpose of engagements is a promise and confirmation to marry. At that stage, the boy and girl are still strangers to one another in that they cannot even communicate with one another. Hence, Interaction between a non-Mahram man/woman are not acceptable in Islam. It is better to perform the Nikah and then one can therefore interact in a 'halal' atmosphere.


And Only Allah Ta'ala Knows Best.


Mufti Qamruzzaman

London, UK
 
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