Is displaying a picture of one’s fiancée, with her hands—wearing an engagement ring—and her fiancé’s hand on social media, in a pose of light contact between the palms, considered something that necessitates removing the picture based on the prohibition of looking at non-mahram women, even without lust, and is this advice considered extremism?
The fiancée is a stranger to the suitor, and her touching him is a forbidden evil. Photographing the fiancés with their hands touching contains the prohibition of publicizing evil and openly committing it. As for the mere appearance of the fiancée's hand in the picture, there is more leeway in that, and it may be said that photographing a woman's hand is permissible based on the permissibility of looking at a detached limb. The advice should focus on the prohibition of physical contact between fiancés. It is not permissible for the person you advised to backbite you or mock you and label you as extreme. Whoever enjoins good and forbids evil must possess knowledge and understanding, be merciful and gentle with people, and be mindful of their own personal desires, so as not to become angry or seek victory for themselves.
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