Dear Islamic brothers! In order to remain safe from satanic trap and destructive consequences of lust, it is extremely essential for a non-Mahram man and woman to observe Islamic veil with each other. They should never stay with each other in seclusion and should refrain from unlawful gazing.

At first, driven by lust, they get closer to each other. After they get closer, they start conversing with each other, which gradually leads to informal conversation, jokes and laughter.

Even if they do not fall in love with each other in the beginning, informal talking usually results in both of them loving each other after some time. At first, sometimes only one of them falls in love and hesitates to inform the other about it, but frequent meetings and talking make it easy to express love to the other who also falls in love. This love affair then causes so many evils that are beyond description.

Regarding the destructiveness caused by unlawful love, let’s listen to some pieces of advice from the 616-page book ‘Nayki ki Da’wat’ [Call to Righteousness] authored by Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه.

Destructiveness of unlawful love

Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه has stated describing the destructiveness of unlawful love: These days, there is a rapidly growing trend of romantic love. The main cause of it is that most Muslims do not have necessary Islamic knowledge and are away from religious environment. This has also caused a flood of sins everywhere. Watching love stories and dramas on TV, mobile phones and internet etc., reading novels, monthly magazines, digests, romantic fictions and exaggeratedly love-related news published in newspapers, attending coeducational classes at colleges and universities and freely meeting and talking to non-Mahram relatives are the causes of love among the youth of today.

At first, love is one-sided but the other partner when informed about it also sometimes falls in love, leading to a severe storm of sins. These lovers then engage in shameless talking on the phone and even meet each other, exchange love letters and gifts, and secretly promise to marry each other. If