Is thinking about the marital relationship with one's fiancée, merely as an imagination in the mind, considered forbidden?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
Imaginations and thoughts are among the self-whisperings ( al-nafs) that are divinely pardoned as long as they are not spoken or acted upon. However, one should not indulge in them excessively, lest they lead to falling into the forbidden (). The suitor (khatib) is a stranger (ajnabi) to his fiancée (makhtubah); therefore, it is not permissible for him to be in seclusion with her, or touch her, or converse with her except out of necessity. Romantic conversations between them are forbidden.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/91858
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 91858
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy