The ruling on the fatwa permitting free mixing between men and women
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on this fatwa, which permits free mixing between women and men?
Answer:
This is a wrong fatwa. It is a wrong fatwa because free mixing between men and women is a means to evil, the spread of immorality, and the arousal of desire between men and women. They have natural instincts; they have instincts of desire and arousal. Therefore, free mixing between them is not permissible in a way that arouses desire and leads to immorality. Even in prayer, the women were behind the men in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
You do not stand with the men. You say: the first row is for the men, the closest to the imam, the closest to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, the women were placed behind the men. Even a single woman does not pray in the row of the men; she stands behind them, alone, behind them. Whereas a man’s prayer is not valid if he is alone behind the rows, a woman’s prayer is valid behind the rows because she is commanded not to mix with the men. If this is the case, O servants of Allah, in prayer and in the place of worship, where the woman does not mix with the men, and this was in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), how can she mix with them in the markets, in the schools, in the study seats, in the parties, in the gatherings? Who says that this is not forbidden? Only one who opposes Allah and His Messenger says that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on this fatwa, which permits free mixing between women and men?
Answer:
This is a wrong fatwa. It is a wrong fatwa because free mixing between men and women is a means to evil, the spread of immorality, and the arousal of desire between men and women. They have natural instincts; they have instincts of desire and arousal. Therefore, free mixing between them is not permissible in a way that arouses desire and leads to immorality. Even in prayer, the women were behind the men in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
You do not stand with the men. You say: the first row is for the men, the closest to the imam, the closest to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, the women were placed behind the men. Even a single woman does not pray in the row of the men; she stands behind them, alone, behind them. Whereas a man’s prayer is not valid if he is alone behind the rows, a woman’s prayer is valid behind the rows because she is commanded not to mix with the men. If this is the case, O servants of Allah, in prayer and in the place of worship, where the woman does not mix with the men, and this was in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), how can she mix with them in the markets, in the schools, in the study seats, in the parties, in the gatherings? Who says that this is not forbidden? Only one who opposes Allah and His Messenger says that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
أهمية طلب العلم — alfawzan.live (56:00)
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