{"fatawa":{"id":10236,"title":"Is it permissible to correspond with one\u2019s fianc\u00e9e via e-mail?","slug":"is-it-permissible-to-correspond-with-ones-fiancee-via-e-mail","order":"","question":"<p>Is it allo wed to send emails to your fiance during engagement to agree  about certain things before the wedding with her parents knowing about  it and reading each email that I send to her?.<\/p>","answer":"<div class=\"list-group-item-text ftwa-single-answer font-nrmal\"><span class=\"line_height\"> Praise be to Allaah.\r\n<p>There is nothing wrong with corresponding with your fianc&eacute;e      in order to agree on matters to do with the wedding, if that is done with      the knowledge and supervision of her parents, and it is free of any      expressions of love that are not permissible between a man and a non-mahram      woman. It is well known that the man is a &ldquo;stranger&rdquo; (non-mahram) to his      fianc&eacute;e until the marriage contract is done.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It makes no difference      whether this correspondence is done via e-mail or regular mail, or over the      telephone, but it is better if the correspondence and conversation is with      her guardian only.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan      (may Allaah preserve him) was asked about a man speaking to his fianc&eacute;e over      the phone &ndash; is that permissible according to sharee&rsquo;ah or not?&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>He replied:&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>There is nothing wrong      with a man speaking to his fianc&eacute;e over the phone, if that is after they      have agreed to marry, and the conversation is in order to discuss different      issues and is done only as much as is needed, and there is no fitnah      involved. If that is done through her wali (guardian) that is preferable and      less dubious.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>End quote from <em>al-Muntaqa<\/em>, 3\/163&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>And Allaah knows best.<\/p>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"padding: 3px; padding-right: 6px; text-align: right;\">Islam Q&amp;A<\/div>","status":1,"created_at":"2015-03-16T20:51:58.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-03-16T20:51:58.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":39,"parent_id":10235,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0637\u0628\u0629","category_slug":"","get_date":"2015-03-16"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/10236"}