Fatwa: # 15424
Category: Marriage (Nikah)
Country: Yemen
Date: 30th July 2007

Title

We go out together and hug and kiss. Is this considered Zina?

Question

I m going to get  engaged with a grl whom my parents &  her  parents knows very well. but as being a very close friend of her & being with her for the  last one &  half year we have had a very good relations together.we quite often kiss eash other passionatly &  give hug & go  out  for shopping & parties ,this our parents knows well.

is all this is being a ZINA OR SIN as we are not yet  engaged or married ???

please let  me  know wht  can i do .

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful  

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

It is Haraam (prohibited) to have any relation with a strange woman with whom you have not made Nikah. Your fear Allah and abstain from this sin immediately. Rasulullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said "the eyes commit Zina, and the Zina of the eyes are to look at a strange woman". Therefore, you should consult with your parents and possible consider Nikah to her if you fear you would not be able to contain yourself.

And Allah knows best

 

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

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