Social Matters >> Rights & Etiquettes
Question ID: 3856Country: India
Answer ID: 3856
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 526/479=D)
Talking to ghair mahrah (strange/other than your immediate relatives) unnecessarily is unlawful. They will not become brother and sister only just calling themselves so:
قال فی الدر: و لایکلم الا عجوزا عطست او سلمت فیشمتھا و یرد السلام علیھا و الا لا، قولہ والا لا ای و الا تکن عجوزاً بل شابۃ لا یشمتھا و لا یرد السلام بلسانہ (الدر: 5/261)
According to the above text, when one is not allowed to reply the greetings of a young woman then how he will be allowed to talk to her.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India