Question:
Assalamou alaykoum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh,
I once dream about a man and then met him in real life and felt an intense pull towards him. I share telepathy with him. He also used to stare at me a lot like he is trying to figure out where knows me from, our names are also very similar. It’s like he is Jamil and I’m Jamila. I know all this because we have class together but, there is a problem, he is married with a child and a non-Muslim (it is a hopeless situation and I don’t know how I got to even thinking about him, I can’t go a day w/out thinking about him). I can’t fathom breaking up family or causing pain. I feel deep love for this man and I barely know him. Please guide me. I have never mentioned any of this to him, I cannot cross the line.
Jazakallahu kairan
Answer:
Wa `alaykum salam,
This is a false infatuation born out of the need to fulfill normal human sexual desires and the unwholesome mixing of men and women common in modern schools. Forget this person, who is haram to you and ask Allah to grant you a wholesome and halal replacement.
In-sha-Allah Shaykh Hisham Kabbani is praying for you.
Recite every day: Allahuma ‘kfinee bi-halalika `an haramika, Allahuma akhlif lee khayran minhu, and recite Surat al-Fatiha 7x for that purpose every day until your situation changes.
Taher Siddiqui
