We are a group of young men working in a company where there is free mixing of men and women in the classrooms and in the workplace.

The questioner: May Allah preserve you, our honorable father, we are a group of young men working in a company where there is free mixing of men and women in the classrooms and in the workplace, and these working women are displaying their adornment and are unveiled; so what is the ruling on working with them and attending the classrooms with them if the company’s system requires it? And is it possible that there is a stronger public benefit that would permit this action, with some real-world examples of such stronger benefits, and may Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh: , and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Therefore, it is obligatory for the Muslim to fear the trial of women; for the first trial that occurred among the Children of Israel was women. Indeed, in the past among the Children of Israel, women used to mix with men, and one woman would want to see her lover, so one of them would wear high-soled shoes to stand out, so her lover would see her and they would meet and leave, as they say today: they go on their honeymoon. It is not permissible for Muslims to follow the ways of the former peoples; for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) condemned what is less of a trial than this trial, which is the mixing of women with men. As you know from the hadith of Abu Waqid al-Laythi, narrated by al-Tirmidhi and others, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by his companions at a tree, a large date palm tree, and some of them said: “Make for us a Dhat Anwat as they have a Dhat Anwat.” He said (peace and blessings be upon him): الله أكبر ، هذه السنن ، هذه السنن ؛ لقد قلتم كما قال قوم موسى لموسى : اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ Allahu Akbar, these are the ways, these are the ways; you have said what the people of Moses said to Moses: “Make for us a god as they have gods.”. Look at the difference between the position of the Jews with the one who spoke to Allah, Moses, where they said to him: “Make for us a god like the calf, which we will worship instead of Allah (the Exalted),” and the difference between the statement of that Companion: “Make for us a Dhat Anwat, a tree on which we hang our weapons.” He said: . The matter was great for him, and he said: “You have said what the people of Moses said to Moses: ” and so on.
If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) blocked the door of this statement along with the door of the Shari'ah, between the one who said this word and that word said by the Jews; how would the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) be pleased with Muslims working in a job that involves mixing with women, which is the greatest trial left by the Messenger (peace be upon him), as you heard in the previous hadith? And how can there be a benefit in it for which the claim of that mixing, which brings nothing but evil, is excused? And if it is authentically reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: .
If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , how can a Muslim imagine living in a society composed of a mixture of men and women? How can he restrain himself from this or that woman, who is displaying her adornment as mentioned in the question? How can he protect himself from his eye committing zina, from his ear committing zina, from his hand committing zina? Do you find today in these mixed societies a Muslim man who remains steadfast in not shaking hands for a month, two months, three months? And then? The current takes him and sweeps him away, and then he returns to justify this sin of his: “The interest of da'wah requires such mixing.” This is exactly like the action of the Jews; they commit violations of the Shari'ah and then try to justify and pass them off by all means, saying “the interest requires this.” The interest is establishing the rule of Allah on earth, each person according to his ability. And those who are tested by working in companies or the like where there is mixing between the sexes; they must fear Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) twice. The first time is that they do not mix with this society, and the second time is that they do not try to find fatwas to justify this bad reality in which they are situated.
Yes.