I have been asked by a guppy for this thread coz he does not want to be identified.
He and a guppan have been interacting through this forum (PMs) for few months and have come to know quite a bit about each other. The guppy is confused about the relationship coz he says whenever he tries to get serious about the relationsip, guppan backs off, so he felt she is not interested, so he backed off too. But after sometime she starts PMs again.
simple: ask her straight forwardly whether she is interested or not. if he is that smitten and she rejects him, then back off or else, it will be a start of a GS love story :)
Somehow I have a feeling she is more aqalmand than the Guppy himself. Think about it - us nay Guppy ko kis tarha confused kar kay rakha huwa hai - she’s definitely smarter than him!
Thread larkey nay khulwaya hai, larki nay nahi. Kon zada aqalmand huwa phir?
Our beloved Prophet peace be upon him said that when two people are alone in a room (or talking on the phone, or online for that matter), then Shaytaan will always accompany them, even if you try your hardest to stay chaste in what you are saying, there is no blessing, because allah and His messenger forbade that. I am 100% sure that friendship between a girl and a boy is NOT allowed in islam. (Ref: Quran & Hadith)
The Quran and teaching of Prophet Muhammad show us that women and men are to be seperated. They do not gather together. There should be as little interaction between the two as possible. Of course business and school are different IF it is REQUIRED to have this interaction but it should remain minimal. Remember, the shataan is always the third party!
However in today's western society some Muslims see it acceptable and others only to a certain extent. Yet at university or college most Muslims will have friends of the opposite sex but many will limit that relationship in that they may not spend a lot of time with them outside school etc. So basically it's up to the individual what they want to do as although it would be perfect if we all followed Islam completely, some of us don't.
Personally, I have friends at College and Work but DO NOT socialise with them outside of that. For that I stick to my female friends!