Advice to Muslims regarding the prohibition of free mixing and handshaking between women and men
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. This question is close to the first one, but perhaps you have an addition. Shaykh Salih says: In some occasions, you find men and women sitting in the same place, and the men are non-mahram to the women, and the women are likewise. Is this permissible? And is it also permissible for women to shake hands? Please give us clear advice on this topic. May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This is a matter that is not permissible for Muslims: men must not mix with women who are not their mahram, neither in gatherings nor elsewhere. It is obligatory that women sit separately and be covered, and that men sit separately. As for their mixing, or a woman sitting next to a man who is a non-mahram to her, this is not permissible. Or if she sits in a corner of the gathering while not being covered, this is also not permissible. It is obligatory to observe hijab and cover oneself, and it is obligatory that men not mix with women. Handshaking is forbidden between a man and a woman who is not lawful for him, because it is a cause of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If disbelievers or those who imitate disbelievers do it, they are not to be followed. The model is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not let his hand touch the hand of a woman who was not lawful for him, even in the pledge of allegiance. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) took the pledge from women by words, and did not take it from them by handshaking. He is the model (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. This question is close to the first one, but perhaps you have an addition. Shaykh Salih says: In some occasions, you find men and women sitting in the same place, and the men are non-mahram to the women, and the women are likewise. Is this permissible? And is it also permissible for women to shake hands? Please give us clear advice on this topic. May Allah reward you.
Answer:
This is a matter that is not permissible for Muslims: men must not mix with women who are not their mahram, neither in gatherings nor elsewhere. It is obligatory that women sit separately and be covered, and that men sit separately. As for their mixing, or a woman sitting next to a man who is a non-mahram to her, this is not permissible. Or if she sits in a corner of the gathering while not being covered, this is also not permissible. It is obligatory to observe hijab and cover oneself, and it is obligatory that men not mix with women. Handshaking is forbidden between a man and a woman who is not lawful for him, because it is a cause of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If disbelievers or those who imitate disbelievers do it, they are not to be followed. The model is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not let his hand touch the hand of a woman who was not lawful for him, even in the pledge of allegiance. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) took the pledge from women by words, and did not take it from them by handshaking. He is the model (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4721- نصيحة للمسلمين بتحريم الاختلاط والمصافحة بين النساء والرجال - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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