Could you please let me know if dating is haram, and un-Islamic?

Imam

Let us first know what datimg means, then, we can attempt to give answers to the question.  . 1-When a couple is dating, it means they may or may not get married on the long run. It is different from being engaged. In dating, the intention is not always as clear as when a couple is engaged.

When a couple is dating, the nature of the relationship is usually more intimate than between ordinary friends of the opposite sex: i.e., the couple stay alone together, they look at each others, they may physically touch each others, and they may get much more intimate. Dating, if it is premised on good intention, is by delaying the true purpose of any relationship which is marriage. Having confined dating within this framework, Islam is clear about prohibiting it for many reasons: One is that non-Mahrams are allowed to be alone.

Two, Islam prohibits physical contact like touching, kissing or intimate interaction between opposite sex.  Islam prohibits fornication and adultery and whatever that could lead to sin should be avoided. Quran 17 vrs 32 says: And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.  You may also read Q24: 2-3, 30-31; Q25:68 and Q60:12.