Ramadan: Do you really avoid the opposite sex?

[Ali]

Or do u just say that u do because your Muslim? I have friends who are girls and we are nothing more than friends. I dont see the harm in that. Whats so bad about that? And what do u do? Your in school, and you avoid guys/girls? Really?

 

[I am totally random]

I wouldn't say i run to the other side of the hallway when i see a boy.

I talk to them in classes, yes, of course who doesn't? The majority of my friends are female but i have nothing against having guys as friends as long as we don't get too close and know our limits.

 

[Hello!]

Not in school but I don't really try to avoid the opposite sex because it is literally impossible. However, the relation should be a formal one. All you have to do is watch your limits.

 

[Dede]

just understand your limits, and both of you should maintain modesty when you're around each other. dont do things which are inappropriate, keep it all clean, and ok if you want to be only friends, then we cant say anything, we're not going to tell you who to be friends with but in islam, its important to be modest and that your actions and thoughts be appropriate, thats all..

some muslims see it better to keep very far away from the opposite sex, simply because they think its wiser, for allah's (s.w.t) sake, so yeah, some would really avoid them..
as long as you're not doing anything wrong with the opposite sex, and understand your limits, stay modest inside and outside, then it should be fine.
salaam :]

 

[Aoki 青木]

I avoid them like the black plague which consumed so many innocent people!
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Joking,I keep all ties formal and for the sake of class,my education etc.
Nothing beyond that inshaAllah

 

[خديجة(khadija) :)x3]

guys in my school are jerks, so yeah i avoid and lower my gaze

 

[Hope]

Yeah I do. At university I only talk to girls. I don't feel the need to talk to guys or make friends with them. I went to an all-girls school between the ages of 9 and 16. After that at high school and university I never really socialised with guys and I'm comfortable like this. Alhamdulillah Allah (swt) has protected me from not coming anywhere near fornication & I am grateful. Salams.

 

[teDua*]

In high school, I had a lot of guy friends, and I wouldn't hang out with them outside of school or during lunch (just talk during class while we were partnered up or if we were bored). Now that I'm in college, I haven't made a lot of girl friends, but every guy that has talked to me I avoid. I explain my religious views to them and they seem to understand and back off.

I'm not trying to boast, but almost every guy that I was friends with liked me at some point... that's what's wrong with girls and guys being friends.. at some point feelings will develop.

Nobody's perfect, we make mistakes, but ultimately the best thing to do is to avoid members of the opposite sex.

Hope I helped.