Must a girl return to a relationship with a young man who has become attached to her, even though she does not reciprocate his feelings, and she feels guilty due to her conviction that "what is built upon falsehood is false," and fears God's punishment after her repentance?
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A woman is not permitted to establish a relationship with a man, even over the phone, because it involves corruption, temptation, and a sickness of the heart, as it includes a soft manner of speech and forbidden words. She must sever all forms of relationship with this young man as a condition for the validity of her repentance. She should not pay attention to the words of bad friends who want her to remain in what is unlawful. She is not responsible for the young man if he threatens suicide; rather, she is responsible for herself. And she must choose righteous companionship.
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