What is the ruling on enrolling in a college where there is free mixing of men and women in the hallways but not in the classrooms?
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Question:
He says: Is it permissible for me to enroll in the College of Engineering, where there is free mixing, but only in the hallways, while the classrooms have a separation between male and female students? I am afraid of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What do you advise me?
Answer:
By Allah, there is no doubt that this involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). However, if the free mixing is in the hallways and the classrooms are separated, then you should study in the classrooms and go out to a place where there is no free mixing, rather than going out to the hallways where there is free mixing. You should only come to the classrooms. Yes.
He says: Is it permissible for me to enroll in the College of Engineering, where there is free mixing, but only in the hallways, while the classrooms have a separation between male and female students? I am afraid of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). What do you advise me?
Answer:
By Allah, there is no doubt that this involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). However, if the free mixing is in the hallways and the classrooms are separated, then you should study in the classrooms and go out to a place where there is no free mixing, rather than going out to the hallways where there is free mixing. You should only come to the classrooms. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الالتحاق بالدراسة في كلية فيها اختلاط في الممرات دون الفصول؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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