Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to sit with her two brothers in front of a disbelieving man to call him to Islam because she is proficient in his language?
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The questioner : A person says: A Swedish tourist passed by their place.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Our brother in Allah went to the house after the Maghrib prayer and found a Swedish tourist. He and his brother were sitting there, and neither he nor his brother could speak English well, so he brought his sister and she sat with them in the room, even for the sake of calling to Allah; for, may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Prophet, dire necessities permit the prohibited. So he seated his sister in this gathering so she could translate what he says, for the sake of calling to Allah. Is this permissible? Second, one of the brothers in Allah, for example, when we call some of the foreign brothers—excuse me, we call some of the foreigners—you know when we stay with them, they are men with women. Is it permissible for us to speak with them?
The Shaykh : I did not understand your question. Wait a moment, a moment. Who is in the gathering?
The questioner : The question consists of two parts.
The Shaykh : Who is in the gathering?
The questioner : The young man and his brother.
The Shaykh : The young man and his brother, and who is the third?
The questioner : The Swedish young man.
The Shaykh : Swedish means a foreign disbeliever.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so there are three young men, and then?
The questioner : Two of them cannot speak English proficiently enough to call him to Allah, so our brother in Allah brought his sister and seated her in the room so she could translate the speech. Is this permissible, I mean?
The Shaykh : If she is wearing the hijab.
The questioner : Yes, she is wearing the hijab.
The Shaykh : If she is wearing the hijab, it is permissible for her to translate the speech of her brother the scholar, if that is the case, and to explain the religion to that Swedish man. Yes, it is permissible if she is wearing the hijab prescribed by the Shari'ah. Yes.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Our brother in Allah went to the house after the Maghrib prayer and found a Swedish tourist. He and his brother were sitting there, and neither he nor his brother could speak English well, so he brought his sister and she sat with them in the room, even for the sake of calling to Allah; for, may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Prophet, dire necessities permit the prohibited. So he seated his sister in this gathering so she could translate what he says, for the sake of calling to Allah. Is this permissible? Second, one of the brothers in Allah, for example, when we call some of the foreign brothers—excuse me, we call some of the foreigners—you know when we stay with them, they are men with women. Is it permissible for us to speak with them?
The Shaykh : I did not understand your question. Wait a moment, a moment. Who is in the gathering?
The questioner : The question consists of two parts.
The Shaykh : Who is in the gathering?
The questioner : The young man and his brother.
The Shaykh : The young man and his brother, and who is the third?
The questioner : The Swedish young man.
The Shaykh : Swedish means a foreign disbeliever.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, so there are three young men, and then?
The questioner : Two of them cannot speak English proficiently enough to call him to Allah, so our brother in Allah brought his sister and seated her in the room so she could translate the speech. Is this permissible, I mean?
The Shaykh : If she is wearing the hijab.
The questioner : Yes, she is wearing the hijab.
The Shaykh : If she is wearing the hijab, it is permissible for her to translate the speech of her brother the scholar, if that is the case, and to explain the religion to that Swedish man. Yes, it is permissible if she is wearing the hijab prescribed by the Shari'ah. Yes.
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