{"_id":"676c95da744ca1ad0327726d","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Am I sinful for talking to a potential suitor in another country without a mahram present?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it a sin or displeasing to Allah ﷻ if I am talking to a guy about marriage without any wali or mahram supervision? We primarily communicate by messaging due to him being in another country. I had a talk with him about setting boundaries and we agreed to keep it formal in order to protect ourselves. Should I stop talking to him? I don’t have a wali or mahram to go to about this.\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"With no wali/mahram, it doesn’t make it permissible to communicate with him in private, you still need a third party. You can appoint a respectable, upstanding Muslim male to serve as your wali and third party in the communication and marriage process, should it reach that stage.\\n\\nThere are some similar questions on the website you may find beneficial as well:\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/tag/668d9fdf0b76658b4c2327a6\"},\"insert\":\"https://www.carolinaqa.com/tag/668d9fdf0b76658b4c2327a6\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fdf0b76658b4c2327a6","tag":"Marriage: Pre-Marriage","count":68},{"_id":"668d9fdf0b76658b4c2327a9","tag":"Relationships: Potential Spouse","count":44},{"_id":"668da08c0b76658b4c233a22","tag":"Wali","count":4}],"createdOn":"2024-12-25T23:31:38.311Z"}