What is the ruling on being alone with a woman in an elevator?

Answer : It is not permissible for a man to go up in an elevator with a non-mahram woman when no one else is with them, because that is seclusion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As for the statement that the time does not allow for a few minutes, we say that this is correct; it generally does not allow for that. However, this man might have knowledge of operating the elevator, so he operates it: whenever he reaches the floor where he wants to get out, he goes down, and whenever he approaches the ground floor, he goes up, and so on until he spends many minutes and gets what he wants from this woman. In any case, if she arrives at the elevator and he has no one with him but her, it is not permissible for her to go up with him unless there is someone with him.