What is the ruling on studying in mixed-gender environments?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on mixed-gender education? Is it strictly forbidden, or is it disliked as a lesser disapproval? This is in countries where all, or most, of the schools are mixed-gender.
Answer:
There is no doubt that mixed-gender education is forbidden. Why? Because it is a cause of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and a cause for the spread of corruption. Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim to study in mixed-gender schools, in order to protect his honor and protect his religion from fitnah. Education, praise be to Allah, exists without mixing. One goes to schools that do not have mixing. And Muslims, even if they are minorities in disbeliever countries, are known for opening private schools for themselves based on the methodology of Islam, and they go to those. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on mixed-gender education? Is it strictly forbidden, or is it disliked as a lesser disapproval? This is in countries where all, or most, of the schools are mixed-gender.
Answer:
There is no doubt that mixed-gender education is forbidden. Why? Because it is a cause of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and a cause for the spread of corruption. Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim to study in mixed-gender schools, in order to protect his honor and protect his religion from fitnah. Education, praise be to Allah, exists without mixing. One goes to schools that do not have mixing. And Muslims, even if they are minorities in disbeliever countries, are known for opening private schools for themselves based on the methodology of Islam, and they go to those. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الدراسة في الأماكن المختلطة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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