Document Type : Research Article
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shahid beheshti university, Faculty of Theology and Religions
Abstract
With the unimaginable expansion of the Internet and the rise of virtual social networks, human relationships in cyberspace have become very complex. That is why we are definitely facing a sudden expansion of relations between men and women, which makes it very difficult to control. The growth trend of this phenomenon among Shiites and Iranians has also had an incredible upward trend.
Islam, on the other hand, is the most perfect divine religion. Therefore, it is expected that it will answer all the questions and doubts that arise in the present age, especially with the advancement of science and technology. Cyberspace and the Internet environment have created many doubts and questions in the field of sharia, which in this study tries to answer some of these doubts and questions.
This article aims to explain the religious framework of intimate relationships in cyberspace. To achieve this, the jurisprudential titles related to the relationship between men and women are extracted in the virtual environment and then the rulings of those titles (which are actually related to the real world) are taken from the existing fatwas and istifta'as of contemporary jurists. Finally, an attempt has been made to mention what can be an example of such titles in virtual social networks, so that the audience of such networks is confused and understands the scope of the relationship between men and women in terms of Shiite jurisprudence.
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