Islam And Why Muslim Men And Women Can T Be Just Friends

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan answers the pertinent and the most oft-asked question - Can boys and girls be just friends?

Islam that is based on complete adherence to what God Almighty the Creator wants us to do is the best of defense from many of these evil vices. The interaction between boys and girls must have some guidelines that should be healthy as opposed to unhealthy. There should be guided interactions between brothers and sisters especially young boys and young girls as they are coming up guided by the elders so they would know how to respectfully interact with one another also.

The boys should be trained where to keep their gaze and how to keep the conversation business only and how to ensure that they recognize when they are crossing the line and the elders are supposed to be there to guide those conversations. The interactions between boys and girls gives Shaytan an opportunity who may not convince us the first time but does hammer away until it adds up until it becomes a very big problem. 

What young people especially need is to surround themselves with other people that are trying to protect themselves too. They must try to guard their chastity, their dignity, their shame, their religion at the same time. We must pick our friends carefully and picking friends that will safeguard our own Islam.