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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible for a judge to be alone with a woman?

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Question:
Is it permissible for a judge, for example, to be alone with a woman?

Answer:
A judge is not permitted to be alone with a woman; neither the judge nor anyone else is permitted to be alone with a woman. Not the judge, not the scholar, and not anyone else. A woman is a trial, and being alone with her is not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No man should be alone with a woman, for Satan is the third among them.لا يخلونَّ رجلٌ بامرأةٍ، فإنَّ الشيطان ثالثهما
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 2:94
. This also applies to the one who reads to women; the one who reads to a woman—the reading doctor—reads, but he does not remain alone with the woman he is reading to. It is necessary that her mother, her maternal aunt, or her husband be present with him. It is not permissible for him to be alone with her and read to her. Nor is a doctor permitted to be alone with a woman. Nor is a male midwife permitted to be alone with her, even if there is a dire necessity for a male midwife due to the absence of a female midwife.
The point is: it is never permissible for a man to be alone with a woman: not a doctor, not a teacher, not a judge, and not anyone else. It is obligatory that a third person or more be present with them.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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