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In 5:5, there is a word “akhdanin”. It is the plural of “khidn”, with the root kh-d-n and has the following meanings:

  • -Amorous friends, companions or associates [male or female]

  • -Friends, companions or associates affected with sensual appetency [male or female]

  • -Friends, companions or associates to commit fornication with them in secret [male or female]

According to 5:5 […wala muttakhithee akhdanin…] and 4:25 [wala muttakhithati akhdanin], it is not allowed to have:

  • -Amorous friends, companions or associates [male or female]

  • -Friends, companions or associates [male or female] affected with sensual appetency

  • -Friends, companions or associates [male or female] to commit fornication with them in secret

In the same verse 5:5, there is a word “musafiheena”. It has the root s-f-h which carries the following meaning:

  • -Fornication

  • -Sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other

According to Quraish dialect, when a man demanded a woman in marriage, he said, “INKIHNI”, and when he desired fornication, he said “SAFIHINI”

According to 5:5, 4:24 [ghayra musafiheena], 4:25 [ghayra masafihatin], it is not allowed to have:

  • -Fornication
  • -Sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other

In the same verse 5:5, there is a word “muhsineena”. Its root is h-s(aad)-n, which has the following meanings:

  • -To be chaste or continent and abstain from what is not lawful or decorous [i.e amorous relationship and/or fornication] because of being married

According to 5:5, 4:24 [muhsineena], 4:25 [muhsanatin], it is prescribed:

  • To be chaste or continent and abstain from what is not lawful or decorous [i.e amorous relationship and/or fornication] by doing proper marriage

 

In 24:33 there is a word “WalyastaAAfifi”. Its root is a(in)-f-f, which means:

  • To remain chaste or continent and abstain from what is not lawful or decorous [i.e amorous relationship and/or fornication] before one gets married

So according to 24:33, it is prescribed:

  • To remain chaste or continent and abstain from what is not lawful or decorous [i.e amorous relationship and/or fornication] before one gets married

Summary:

According to Quran, it is not allowed to have:

  • Amorous friends, companions or associates [male or female]

  • Friends, companions or associates [male or female] affected with sensual appetency

  • Friends, companions or associates [male or female] to commit fornication with them in secret

  • Sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other

According to Quran, it is advised:

  • To remain chaste or continent and abstain from what is not lawful or decorous [i.e amorous relationship and/or fornication] before one gets married

  • To be chaste or continent and abstain from what is not lawful or decorous [i.e amorous relationship and/or fornication] because of being married

 
Important!

"And do not follow (blindly) any information of which you have no direct knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception, you must verify it for yourself). In the Court of your Lord, you will be held accountable for your hearing, sight, and the faculty of reasoning."[17:36]

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