cannot be allowed to plant seeds of love in the hearts of non-Maḥram relatives.

Question: Some lovers audaciously mention Sayyidunā Yūsuf        عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَ عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام and Zulaykhā, how should we reply to them?

Answer: These unwise lovers are making a major mistake. To make up excuses about the evils of Nafs by tactlessly saying something inappropriate about a Prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام under the influence of Satan may be extremely dangerous to one’s faith.

Remember! Even the slightest blasphemy of a Prophet is Kufr [unbelief]. Sayyidunā Yūsuf عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام is a Prophet of   Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, and every Prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام is Ma’ṣūm [i.e. protected from all types of sins and contemptible acts]. A Prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام can never do anything inappropriate. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said in verse 24 of Sūraĥ Yūsuf in part 12 of the Holy Quran:

وَ  لَقَدۡ   ہَمَّتۡ   بِہٖ  ۚ   وَ ہَمَّ   بِہَا   لَوۡ  لَاۤ    اَنۡ   رَّاٰ  بُرۡہَانَ   رَبِّہٖ ؕ

And indeed the woman desired him; and he too would have desired her if he had not seen the sign of his Lord.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 12, Sūraĥ Yūsuf, verse 24)

Commenting on the foregoing verse, a renowned commentator of the Quran, Ṣadr-ul-Afāḍil ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Sayyid Muhammad Na’īmuddīn Murādābādī عَـلَيْهِ رَحۡمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـهَادِی has stated: Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has made Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام free from ill manners and misdeeds, and has blessed them with good manners. Thus they avoid every evil deed. According to a narration, ‘When Zulaykhā tried to seduce Sayyidunā Yūsuf عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام saw his father Sayyidunā Ya’qūb عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام who had pressed his finger