Can a boy and a Girl be Just Friends

[SelfD]

I have a female friend, she won't win an award for hotness but she is the most honest and intelligent girl I know. She also plays sports and is the best movie buddy one can kick with.

[Lillaahiya]

Alpha and I are friends

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[Siciid85]

If the woman in question is pretty and comes with benefits then it is possible(FWB aka Friends With Benefit), if she is ugly then that is a straight no whichever benefit she comes
with.Co-workers yes but not actual close friends. It also depends on the personality even if she is pretty, there is some personalities one can be allergic to.The question is why
would you need a non mahram woman who is neither your wife, gf, your not dating, booty call, other benefits etc to hang around with you daily and call you alot. Unless one
lacks male friends or is gay then it is understandable female friends fill that quota.

Lesson learned: you cannot be just friends with Faraxs. There's always a hidden agenda.

I just said what the majority are afraid to say. It is the truth.

[Barwaaqoiyobashbash]

There is no truth to this fashion of non-Mahrams being just good friends. Getting into such a tainted "friendship" will only cause problems on multiple levels. A person may be able to control their thoughts and desires, but after repeatedly meeting a non-Mahram in an unstructured setting to spend time as friends, the battle against the self becomes increasingly difficult. With regard to one thing leading to another, the Leader of the Pious, Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said: "Simply thinking about sinful carnal deeds encourages you to commit them eventually." (Ghurar al-Hikam, p. 518) Islam is about looking ahead and being wise to the on-goings around us. Some things are forbidden to us because they are harmful in essence, and other things are forbidden because they lead to harmful things. Here, we have a situation that is harmful in itself and that will also lead us to even greater harm in this world and in the next.

We are taught to surround ourselves with friends who inspire us to strive even closer towards Allah, not with those because of whom we risk falling into sin. We must not let our desires direct our actions; rather, we must let our God-consciousness guide us towards what is pleasing to Him and thus beneficial for us. So let's not fool ourselves, because non-Mahram guys and girls can't be "just friends".