What is the ruling on a man being alone with a woman, and does this apply to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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The Shaykh : the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), with whom it is permissible to be alone with any woman, because he said meaning Satan, … they said to him, “And you, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, there are two narrations meaning he submitted to his evil and his whispering; in the second narration, meaning he became a Muslim, (peace be upon him), he does not command him with good that is certain; in any case, in both narrations, either he truly submitted, in which case he did not command his Prophet (peace be upon him) with anything but good, or he remained in his disbelief and misguidance, but Allah (Mighty and Majestic) protected his Prophet from his whispering of evil, and he only commands him with good.
Therefore, the seclusion of a man with a woman is prohibited by the Wise Lawgiver, and this prohibition is in the category of blocking the means to harm, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:. So this ruling does not apply to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), because if he was alone with a woman, the Shaytan was not the third one with them, whether he had submitted or not. As for the consideration that he had submitted, the matter is clear; there are Muslims, a group, with no Shaytan with them, and according to the narration, he submitted from his evil, so his ruling is the ruling of a Muslim who does not command him with anything but good.
So, such seclusion for a group in a woman’s house, and they are righteous, and her husband, as you heard in the hadith, went to fetch sweet water, so he will return soon. So, in such circumstances, there is absolutely no objection to such entering upon the strange woman.
There is no man but that he has a companion
ما من رجلٍ إلا ومعه قرينAnd I, except that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) helped me against him, so he submitted
ولا أنا إلا أن الله تبارك وتعالى أعانني عليه فأسلمSo he submitted
فأسلَمُSo he submitted
فأسلَمَSo he does not command him
فهو لا يأمرهWith anything but good
إلا بخيرTherefore, the seclusion of a man with a woman is prohibited by the Wise Lawgiver, and this prohibition is in the category of blocking the means to harm, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:
No man is in seclusion with a woman except that Satan is the third among them.
ما اختلى رجل بامرأة إلا كان الشيطان ثالثهماSo, such seclusion for a group in a woman’s house, and they are righteous, and her husband, as you heard in the hadith, went to fetch sweet water, so he will return soon. So, in such circumstances, there is absolutely no objection to such entering upon the strange woman.