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Is it permissible for a young man and a young woman to continue communicating out of necessity after agreeing not to speak to avoid God's wrath, and is their return to speaking caused by Satan or by God's will?

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Any emotional relationship between a man and a woman who are not mahram must be severed, as it is not permissible Islamically. Conversation between non-mahram individuals is a cause of fitna (temptation) and is only permissible out of necessity, while observing Islamic etiquette. A young man's conversation with a young woman about her private problems is not a necessity and can be an opening for Shaytan. Caution must be exercised until Allah facilitates marriage, and only Allah knows the unseen.

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