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Are intense feelings of attraction towards a colleague, constant thoughts of them, showing them affection, and feeling Madhiy (pre-seminal fluid) when speaking to or looking at them, considered 'ishq (passionate love)? If so, what is the cure and how can one get rid of it in detail? And if it is not 'ishq, then what is it, and what are the steps to get rid of this matter?

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Love between two individuals is of various types: natural love (such as between siblings and family members), legitimate love (for brothers and sisters in Islam, which increases with obedience and decreases with its decline), and carnal love (between a man and a woman), which is praiseworthy between spouses, but forbidden between a man and a woman who are not married to each other. Among the forbidden types is that which stems from perversion, which is a prohibited infatuation leading to corruptions, including: turning away from Allah, experiencing worry and grief, and inviting forbidden acts such as lustful looking, touching, and kissing. It may also lead to sodomy and lesbianism. If signs of lust appear towards a person of the same sex, this is a forbidden and reprehensible matter, and one must seek immediate treatment or cut off the relationship immediately.

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