Keeping a non-mahram as a Facebook friend and conveying salaam to non-mahrams

Q: 

Can I keep a non mahram as a Facebook friend? If I don't talk with them unnecessarily & don't post any photo of mine? Will it be considered as zina for me? Can I give likes to the posts of non mahrams or will it be considered as zina? 

Can I give salam to my non mahram relatives? Will it be considered as zina?

A: It is not permissible for a girl to have any contact with a non-mahram man and vice versa. This is haraam in Islam and considered as shameless behaviour. 

This also enters under the purview of the acts of zina. Therefore, you should strictly refrain from this.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)