The Ruling on Free Mixing with Certain Families Due to Taking Charge of Their Affairs
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Question:
One of the listeners, whose name is indicated by the letters (H. A. D. Y), asks a question saying: I am in charge of the affairs of some families because their fathers are immigrants, and I ask: Am I permitted to mix freely with them or not?
The Shaykh: Repeat his question.
The presenter: He says: He is in charge of the affairs of some families, given that their fathers are among the immigrants, so is it permissible for him to mix freely with them or not?
Answer:
Free mixing involves a detailed ruling:
Free mixing with men, with small children, for their needs, is permissible, but free mixing with women requires:
First: not being alone with any one of them. It is not permissible to be alone with any one of them if she is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry). As for a mahram, such as your maternal aunt or paternal aunt, there is no harm. But if she is not a mahram, it is not permissible for you to be alone with her.
Second: You are not allowed to mix with them while they are unveiled, not wearing hijab, or not concerned with covering themselves. Rather, you must lower your gaze and guide them to the obligatory covering and the obligatory hijab. If they are wearing hijab and are covered, there is no harm in sitting with them for a need, such as giving advice or asking them about a need of the house, or the like of that, while lowering the gaze from any deficiency that may appear in one of them or from her lack of proper covering, along with advising the one who falls short until her hijab is complete. And you must not be alone with any one of them, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1341a and his saying (may Allah be pleased with him) : Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 2:94 This is the detail of this matter that you mentioned and asked about. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
One of the listeners, whose name is indicated by the letters (H. A. D. Y), asks a question saying: I am in charge of the affairs of some families because their fathers are immigrants, and I ask: Am I permitted to mix freely with them or not?
The Shaykh: Repeat his question.
The presenter: He says: He is in charge of the affairs of some families, given that their fathers are among the immigrants, so is it permissible for him to mix freely with them or not?
Answer:
Free mixing involves a detailed ruling:
Free mixing with men, with small children, for their needs, is permissible, but free mixing with women requires:
First: not being alone with any one of them. It is not permissible to be alone with any one of them if she is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry). As for a mahram, such as your maternal aunt or paternal aunt, there is no harm. But if she is not a mahram, it is not permissible for you to be alone with her.
Second: You are not allowed to mix with them while they are unveiled, not wearing hijab, or not concerned with covering themselves. Rather, you must lower your gaze and guide them to the obligatory covering and the obligatory hijab. If they are wearing hijab and are covered, there is no harm in sitting with them for a need, such as giving advice or asking them about a need of the house, or the like of that, while lowering the gaze from any deficiency that may appear in one of them or from her lack of proper covering, along with advising the one who falls short until her hijab is complete. And you must not be alone with any one of them, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
No person should be alone with a woman except when there is a Mahram with her
لا يخلون رجل بامرأة إلا ومعها ذو محرمA man should not be alone with a woman, for Satan is the third among them.
لا يخلون رجل بامرأة فإن الشيطان ثالثهماThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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