Using the mixing of pilgrims in tawaf as evidence for mixing in universities
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Question:
This is a questioner from the United Arab Emirates who says: Your Eminence the Shaykh! Recently, preachers have emerged among us calling for the free mixing of men and women in universities, citing the mixing of pilgrims during tawaf as their evidence. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is a reprehensible aim, because gathering in circles of knowledge is a means to evil, corruption, harmful glances, and harmful appointments. As for tawaf and sa'y, this is a temporary occurrence due to necessity; there is no way to avoid it, so there is no blame in it. Also, it lasts only an hour and then ends; an hour and then it ends, whether in 'Umrah or Hajj.
This is a questioner from the United Arab Emirates who says: Your Eminence the Shaykh! Recently, preachers have emerged among us calling for the free mixing of men and women in universities, citing the mixing of pilgrims during tawaf as their evidence. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is a reprehensible aim, because gathering in circles of knowledge is a means to evil, corruption, harmful glances, and harmful appointments. As for tawaf and sa'y, this is a temporary occurrence due to necessity; there is no way to avoid it, so there is no blame in it. Also, it lasts only an hour and then ends; an hour and then it ends, whether in 'Umrah or Hajj.
Source
فضل العلم وآدابه — islamhouse.com (53:22)
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