The ruling on a young Muslim man working in an office where there are women
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Question:
We return at the beginning of this episode to a letter received by the program from listener Ibrahim Abu Hamid from Riyadh. Brother Ibrahim, we presented a collection of his questions in a previous episode, and this question remains for him in this episode. He says: What is obligatory for a young Muslim man if he works in an office where women work with him? Please direct us, if you would be so kind. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2] And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. After that, it is obligatory for Muslims to place women in a sphere where men do not work, and it is not permissible for there to be free mixing of men and women in employment or otherwise, because of the great trial involved in that. It is obligatory for Muslims to be aware of this and not to mix women with men in the workplace, because there is a great trial in that. And if it is necessary for a woman to work, let her be in a place isolated from men, to protect her and to protect society from the corruption of morals and the loss of modesty. This is what is obligatory for Muslims, and they should not be like the disbelievers or imitate the disbelievers who do not care about their honor, do not preserve their morals, and do not care about the matters of their religion. Indeed, Muslims have a distinction over the world by what Allah has distinguished them with of Islam and the morals of Muslims, and they are the model for the world. As for Muslims imitating the disbelievers, that is a regression. And what the questioner mentioned, that he works in a mixed environment, is a forbidden matter. If he is able to work on reform and avoiding the mixing and placing women in a sphere isolated from men, it is obligatory for him to do so. And if he does not have the power in his hand to change the reality, he has to seek another job that does not have a sphere of women and mixing with women. He seeks another field in which he distances himself from mixing with women, and the fields are many, praise be to Allah. [At-Talaq 65:2-3]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
We return at the beginning of this episode to a letter received by the program from listener Ibrahim Abu Hamid from Riyadh. Brother Ibrahim, we presented a collection of his questions in a previous episode, and this question remains for him in this episode. He says: What is obligatory for a young Muslim man if he works in an office where women work with him? Please direct us, if you would be so kind. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect. And whoever relies upon Allah - then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has already set for everything a [decreed] extent.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/197 — archive.org (1:05)
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