Is it sinful or forbidden to continue communicating via "Facebook" with a cousin after she has declared her love, and the mother has agreed to marry her in the future?
It is impermissible for a young man to communicate with his maternal cousin, or any other non- woman, via social media, unless there is a need, and there is safety from temptation, and there is no softness in speech, and absence of lust, and her adherence to the legal . If these controls are violated, as appears to be the case in the question, then communication is not permissible. Communication for the sake of love incites temptation and lust, and repentance from it is obligatory. Furthermore, the intention of marriage does not permit communication except within the legal controls, because she is a non-mahram to him until he contracts marriage with her.
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