Free for a meal some time this week? Upon entering adulthood, you might be hearing (or asking) this question a lot more often as dating and relationships start to take prominence in your life. Last Wednesday (Aug 23), TikTok user _amsyares posted a video of him at Nanyang Technological University where he was keen on finding out what young adults...
Before the interviewee, who is Muslim, provided a response, he asked her if she felt that dating itself is haram. For context, haram means unlawful or forbidden, according to the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore .
It is technically haram, but there's nothing wrong if a Muslim person were to date with the intention to marry and settle down, she said. One way to potentially navigate the contentious nature of dating is to simply not go out as a pair. The interviewer suggested the option of bringing a chaperone during those meals."You want intimacy with them [your date] and having a third party would disrupt it," an interviewee said.
While the two interviewees were generally singing the same tune, they had rather different views on emotional and physical intimacy.
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