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Many people develop a relationship with the opposite sex and don't realize that it is a

haram relationship because it crosses the boundaries of what Islam has taught.

Yes, interaction with the opposite sex is permissible within certain limits,

but to flirt and thereafter, to slide into the DMs and thereafter to start saying inappropriate things,

to promise someone, I love you, I love you too, and so on, I miss you, I take care of you,

I do this, I do that, and then this person says this and that person says that and so on, I miss you, I take care of you, I do this, I do that,

and then this person says this and that person says that and so on.

That's brewing, a relationship that probably will end up in a lot of sadness

and perhaps a lot of anxiety or depression at times.

Because anything that is planted with a haram seed

would germinate a tree or a plant that is equally wrong. May Allah Almighty protect all of us.

So it's difficult because young people, boys and girls, get to interact,

they get to meet with each other. Many of them promise each other, I'm going to marry you and

so on. And they end up using one another. And the end of the day, they throw each other out. And

that's it, the end of it. And who struggles and suffers? More so, the females suffer more than the

males. But sometimes the males suffer too the reason is

emotionally a woman may get attached a girl may get attached be careful a lot of the times what's being

said is actually not genuine even if it sounds very, very genuine.

And sometimes it may be genuine to the degree where the guy does actually care for you,

but the way he is dealing with it is not in the pleasure of Allah and therefore

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