Therefore, one must be very cautious of such seclusion. It is necessary to avoid the causes of evil. To avoid fever, cure the flu and cold.

(Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 5, pp. 21)

‘Allamah ‘Abdur Ra`oof Manaawi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has made the following comment about this blessed Hadees: Whenever a woman is alone with a strange man, this is a welcome opportunity for the devil. He fills their hearts with dirty evil thoughts, arouses their sensual emotions, and incites them both to become shameless and commit sin. (Fayd-ul-Qadeer Sharh Al-Jami’-us-Sagheer, vol. 3, pp. 102, Taht-al-Hadees 2795)

Dear Islamic brothers! Indeed, in order to stay safe from the traps of Satan and the curse of lust, it is extremely necessary for non-Mahram men and women to observe the veil (remain away from each other) and protect their eyes from each other, because the lust first of all creates the desire to be near to that person in the heart of a man and woman. After getting close to each other they start talking, then by getting closer they start chatting leading to flirting or informal talks, trapping them into an artificial love. They are now overpowered by one sided or two sided ‘love’. If they do not express their feelings openly due to hesitations, then after becoming more familiar with each other they normally fall in love and then express it in an easy way and then this one-sided love turns into a two-sided love leading them to suffer great emotional loss with many sins being committed. Every sensible person can understand this.

Let’s listen to some excerpts from page 40 to 43 of the 616-page book named ‘Call to Righteousness’ written by Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri Razavi دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه to remove the wrong idea about attributing unlawful love to Sayyiduna Yusuf عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام.

Commenting on the destruction of unlawful love, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه has stated: This kind of romance and love is so abnormal that it traps people and puts them in such a terrible condition that they cannot get out of it once they are caught. This evil practice is in full