Analogy between sitting in gardens and parks and sitting on the streets
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is sitting in gardens and parks analogous to sitting on the streets?
Answer:
No. Places prepared for sitting, such as cafes and gardens, are not like the streets. These are prepared for sitting. However, if there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in them, or if there are apparent sins that a person cannot change, then it is not permissible for him to go there. But if they are sound, contain no wrong, and one sits in them for rest, with no fitnah and no free mixing of men and women, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is sitting in gardens and parks analogous to sitting on the streets?
Answer:
No. Places prepared for sitting, such as cafes and gardens, are not like the streets. These are prepared for sitting. However, if there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in them, or if there are apparent sins that a person cannot change, then it is not permissible for him to go there. But if they are sound, contain no wrong, and one sits in them for rest, with no fitnah and no free mixing of men and women, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الترغيب في مكارم الأخلاق — islamhouse.com (54:03)
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