The Ruling on a Woman Working in a Non-Mixed Environment

Question:
She says: I wear the full Islamic hijab, praise be to Allah, but my family is in dire need of help with household expenses. We are a family of twelve, and I work in a mixed environment, but my primary work is free from mixing. Is what I am doing correct? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good. I am working out of necessity, as I told you. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If you are working in a place that is not mixed, with women, or alone in a secured room where you are not in danger, then there is no harm in it, praise be to Allah. However, with men, it is not permissible. Being with men in one place entails great danger, so this is not permissible for you because of the great danger and fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) involved. Likewise, it is not permissible for a girl to study with young men in unified desks in one mixed room, given the great fitnah and major corruption involved. However, if you are alone, even if the place has mixing, you are not mixed with them; rather, you have a room to yourself and do not mix with men, then there is no blame on you if you are safe.