Question
Is it permissible for a husband or a wife to hold onto memories of their past including letters and photos of past girlfriends or boyfriends, knowing that if your spouse comes to know of it, he/she will be hurt?
Answer
It is haraam even if the spouse does not learn of this evil, and even if he/she is not hurt. Such memories are in the category of zina of the mind and heart, and in terms of the Aakhirah will be sins of zina.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 25 No 08
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- 5
Appears under JUMUAH MUBAARAK? (approximate).