Having Boyfriends & Girlfriends –
Shaykh Uthaymeen
What is the ruling on a man and woman
who kiss, and do everything else other than intercourse?
These actions which you mentioned are
impermissible, haram upon them, because Allah – the Most High- says:
And those who guard their chastity
(i.e private parts, from illegal sexual acts) except from their wives or that their right hands possess, for
then, they are free from blame, but whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the
transgressors; Al-Muminoon 5-7
And His statement – The One free from deficiency,
the Most High:
And come not near to the unlawful
sexual intercourse. Verily, it is
a Fahishah [i.e. anything that transgress its
limits (a great sin)], and an evil way (that leads one to Hell unless Allah
forgives him). Al Israa- 32
And He did not say, and do not fornicate, for the
reason of tackling everything that is a cause and leads to fornication, and
this, what they are doing, is zina of the hand by touching, zina of the eye by
looking, zina of the feet by walking (to do that which is haraam), this is
impermissible for them, upon them is to repent from it.
And upon those in responsibility is to educate
them and dissuade them from the likes of these actions, and avert them from this
sin.
The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alaihi wa
sallam) did not prohibit being alone with a strange woman (one who it is not
permissible to be alone with) except fearing from this action and its likes.
So you, may Allah give you success, advise them,
with that which is upon you, and warn them from this, the impermissibility of
this is clear and is present in the books of tafseer, books of hadeeth, books
of fiqh, all of them, and it is not allowed and it is impermissible.
Slightly Paraphrased from Fataawa Noor alad Darb
of Shaykh Uthaymeen Vol 5 Pg 549
المركز السلفي
Translated by The Salafi Centre of Manchester
