Is it permissible for a suitor to speak with his fiancée over the phone (voice calls) and through text messages, under the pretext of his travel and the non-publicization of the engagement?
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The engaged woman is a stranger to you, whether the engagement has been publicly announced or not. Therefore, do not speak to her or correspond with her except out of necessity, to the extent of that necessity, and without expansion.
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