Ayatollah Sistani's fatwa forbidding having friends of opposite sex:

Fatwa, posted 4.22.2010, from Iraq, in:
Religious Authority: 
Ali al-Sistanti
Website URL: 
http://www.sistani.org/
Fatwa Question or Essay Title: 
Ayatollah Sistani's fatwa forbidding having friends of opposite sex:

Question: Is it permissible for a boy of fifteen years to have a girl friend?

Answer: Friendship with a non-mahram is not allowed.

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