Greeting non-relatives on the road
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Q3: Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to greet a group of men who are non-relatives to her while passing by their home? (The men are the husbands of her sisters) And is it permissible for her to ask one of them, for example, about his health if he is ill? Or must one of her mahrams be with her at that time? Or is it not permissible
absolutely, given that he is a non-relative to her?
A3: If the greeting is free from submission in speech and coquetry, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if she fears that she will become coquettish in her greeting or submissive in her speech, or if she fears fitnah, she must leave off the greeting, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the Mothers of the Believers, who are the most perfect of the women of the Ummah:[Al-Ahzab 33:32] , and a woman may ask about the condition of a sick relative who is not a mahram, subject to the aforementioned conditions, provided there is no seclusion.
absolutely, given that he is a non-relative to her?
A3: If the greeting is free from submission in speech and coquetry, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if she fears that she will become coquettish in her greeting or submissive in her speech, or if she fears fitnah, she must leave off the greeting, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted regarding the Mothers of the Believers, who are the most perfect of the women of the Ummah:
O wives of the Prophet, you are not like anyone among women. If you fear Allah, then do not be soft in speech [to men], lest he in whose heart is disease should covet, but speak with appropriate speech.
يَا نِسَاءَ النَّبِيِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِنِ اتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلاَ تَخْضَعْنَ بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ الَّذِي فِي قَلْبِهِ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفًا
Source
www.alifta.gov.sa
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