Kamal el Mekki – The Forbidden Love

About this lecture

In this lecture, Shaykh Kamal el-Mekki addresses the topic of forbidden love in Islam — explaining why love relationships outside of marriage are prohibited, the serious societal and spiritual harms of zina, and the gradual steps that lead to it. He draws on Quranic verses, hadith, and powerful real-life and historical stories to emphasize the dangers of free intermingling between men and women, the importance of lowering the gaze, and why Islam's guidelines on gender interaction are not extreme but rather a mercy and a protection for believers.