What is the ruling on issuing a fatwa that studying in coeducational universities is permissible?
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Question:
The questioner says: We have among us those who claim to be people of knowledge and issue a fatwa that studying in coeducational universities is permissible, on the grounds that preserving the self takes precedence over preserving the religion, whereas preserving the religion takes precedence over preserving the self. What is the ruling on this fatwa?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. Seeking knowledge is not confined to coeducational universities. Seeking knowledge is made easy, and praise be to Allah. One seeks knowledge in places other than coeducational universities. Studying in coeducational universities is forbidden when there is mixing, because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and evil between men and women. And knowledge, praise be to Allah, is made easy in universities other than these.
The questioner says: We have among us those who claim to be people of knowledge and issue a fatwa that studying in coeducational universities is permissible, on the grounds that preserving the self takes precedence over preserving the religion, whereas preserving the religion takes precedence over preserving the self. What is the ruling on this fatwa?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. Seeking knowledge is not confined to coeducational universities. Seeking knowledge is made easy, and praise be to Allah. One seeks knowledge in places other than coeducational universities. Studying in coeducational universities is forbidden when there is mixing, because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and evil between men and women. And knowledge, praise be to Allah, is made easy in universities other than these.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الفتوى بجواز الدراسة في الجامعات المختلطة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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