Boy-girl relationship in Islam

Boy-girl relationship is among the interpersonal relationship that becomes necessary in specific situations. To admit this type of relationships and the relevant principles and conditions, one must study them with respect to the general rules of human relationships because human relationships and the relevant forms and conditions have rational bases and the holy religious legislator has taken institutional measures. This paper has first provided a definition of this kind of relationship according to what the rational people have performed, explaining its features and constitutive elements. Afterwards, to find out the views admitted the religious legislator, the paper points out the principles, manners, conditions, and features of friendly relationship with opposite sex. Therefore, it substantiated that boy-girl relationship is possible through temporary marriage contract under specific circumstances such as observing personal life and social modesty, following the good in expressing love, restricting the relationship, and determining the limits. Finally, the manners of treating the opposite sex are introduced as follows: watchful selection, purposeful friendship, benevolent friendship, respecting each other, and finally, the practical procedures of making friend.