Pre-marital Relations Are Forbidden Fatwa No: 86668
- Fatwa Date:1-11-2003
I what to marry a Muslim lady who is religious committed Al-Hamdu Lillah. Insha Allah, she is going abroad to live with her mother and so she inquired me to give her my photo so that she can show it to her mother and later on the photo will be destroyed Insha Allah, after three 3 years Insha Allah, she will come back and we will get marries Insha Allah. Sometimes I send her some Ayah from Qur'an, Hadith and some Fatawa concerning Islam through Internet. Is this bad? I wanted to know what is the ruling on all this.
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
It is forbidden for a man and a woman to have any pre-marital relations because relations before marriage can lead to Zina.
For more benefit on this subject, please refer to Fatwa 82156.
Allah knows best.