Sending Female Students Abroad, Free Mixing, and the Fitnah of Women
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The questioner:
Other questions regarding the topic of sending students abroad, especially female students, and the topic of free mixing, and traveling without a mahram, or staying with a trusted group after the imam has finished and remains with them for days and weeks, and all those who enter with a group of girls. Also, the faculty members in some places or the officials, meaning the topic of the fitnah of women and the mixing of men and women. What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the new developments concerning this? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for women, their homes are better for them, even prayer in the mosques is better for them in their homes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 566 and their homes are better.
The questioner:
And let them not adorn themselves or beautify themselves when going out of their homes. This is for prayer; how can they enter for other than prayer? And staying away from the men's prayer, let alone the women's, involves harms, dangers, trials, and tests. But if dire necessity calls for sending them abroad, such as when there is a specialization they need that
The Shaykh:
we have among the men, men who are steadfast in their religion, or who assess the necessity. Then they return while in danger of not... But they go only to the extent of the necessity, they hold fast to their religion, they go with their religion, and they return with their religion. As for the one who goes with his religion and returns without religion, he is one who has been led astray, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
Other questions regarding the topic of sending students abroad, especially female students, and the topic of free mixing, and traveling without a mahram, or staying with a trusted group after the imam has finished and remains with them for days and weeks, and all those who enter with a group of girls. Also, the faculty members in some places or the officials, meaning the topic of the fitnah of women and the mixing of men and women. What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, regarding the new developments concerning this? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for women, their homes are better for them, even prayer in the mosques is better for them in their homes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not prevent the female servant your women from visiting the mosques of Allah.
لا تمنعوا إماء الله مساجد اللهThe questioner:
And let them not adorn themselves or beautify themselves when going out of their homes. This is for prayer; how can they enter for other than prayer? And staying away from the men's prayer, let alone the women's, involves harms, dangers, trials, and tests. But if dire necessity calls for sending them abroad, such as when there is a specialization they need that
The Shaykh:
we have among the men, men who are steadfast in their religion, or who assess the necessity. Then they return while in danger of not... But they go only to the extent of the necessity, they hold fast to their religion, they go with their religion, and they return with their religion. As for the one who goes with his religion and returns without religion, he is one who has been led astray, may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-096-موقف المسلم من الفتن|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (42:34)
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