The ruling on calling for the free mixing of men and women in the workplace
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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on calling for the mixing of men and women in the workplace, and claiming that this existed in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the markets, during the tawaf, and elsewhere?
Answer:
The free mixing that they call for and advocate is the forbidden kind of mixing, which is the physical contact between men and women, sitting, a woman sitting with a man in the same place with no barrier between them, a woman being alone with a man in his office. This is the forbidden mixing, because it leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). It is also a woman sharing the screen with a man on television, where she is adorned, unveiled, and perfumed, and he talks to her and laughs with her as if she were his wife.
This is forbidden, and no one ever says it is permissible, because it leads to fitnah. This did not exist in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). They lie about this.
What existed among women and men in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and after him was that the women were on one side and the men on the other, even in the mosque. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) placed the women on one side and the men on the other in the festival prayer. He would deliver the sermon to the men, then go and deliver the sermon to the women in the festival prayer. Why did he not mix the two groups together and deliver a single sermon? This is evidence that free mixing is not permissible, even in worship and in the mosques, let alone elsewhere. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 678Sahih (Al-Albani). This indicates that the men have their rows and the women have their rows. Why did they not mix and become one row? Except that free mixing is not permissible. Yes.
He says: What is the ruling on calling for the mixing of men and women in the workplace, and claiming that this existed in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the markets, during the tawaf, and elsewhere?
Answer:
The free mixing that they call for and advocate is the forbidden kind of mixing, which is the physical contact between men and women, sitting, a woman sitting with a man in the same place with no barrier between them, a woman being alone with a man in his office. This is the forbidden mixing, because it leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). It is also a woman sharing the screen with a man on television, where she is adorned, unveiled, and perfumed, and he talks to her and laughs with her as if she were his wife.
This is forbidden, and no one ever says it is permissible, because it leads to fitnah. This did not exist in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). They lie about this.
What existed among women and men in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and after him was that the women were on one side and the men on the other, even in the mosque. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) placed the women on one side and the men on the other in the festival prayer. He would deliver the sermon to the men, then go and deliver the sermon to the women in the festival prayer. Why did he not mix the two groups together and deliver a single sermon? This is evidence that free mixing is not permissible, even in worship and in the mosques, let alone elsewhere. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
the best of the men’s row is the first and the worst of them is the last, but the best of the women’s rows is the last and the worst of them is the first.
خير صفوف الرجال أولها، وشرها آخرها، وخير صفوف النساء آخرها، وشرها أولها
Source
لقاء مفتوح 11-07-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (14:05)
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