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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a man entering the presence of women in an open office

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Question:
In my country, there are administrative offices run by women, Shaykh. If a man enters to see them, and the office is open to the public.

Answer:
If there are people present, if there is no seclusion, there are people. Do not call it seclusion unless it is like this. No, no, if there are two women or more present. Yes. In her presence, but the door is open, meaning the place is open. I did not hear, if he stands at the door, he is not alone with her, there is no harm, whether he looks at her or talks to her. Yes.
That he is alone with her in a private place, where no one sees him with her, in a house, a room, a shop, a gathering, or a tent. But if men are passing by and people are passing by, it is not called seclusion; it is open, everything is open. But he must stop the thing he fears, he must stop, so that evil is not attributed to him, okay? In the end, yes, meaning he can go wherever he wishes. And he does not feel it, because he may talk to her with bad words, he has nothing called. Bashir. Yes.
This is the known cause, because it leads to evil, and it is a means to fornication and lewd acts. Even if it were the chaste virgin, the truthful one, he would not be alone with a woman. Do you know Abu Bakr? If he were alone with a woman, it would not be permissible. The apparent result is failure and regret, because not every fornicator is subject to what is required of the married person. But the apparent, and Allah knows best, is failure and regret, because the waiting period is three in the land.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تتمة باب العدة والإحداد — islamhouse.com (19:03)

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