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Extending
the salaam to the opposite sex in general
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Question:
I am a university student, and sometimes I extend salaam
to the female students. So is it halaal
or haraam
for a male student to extend salaam
to his female colleagues at university?
Response:
Firstly, it Is not permissible to study with females in one
place (together), nor in one school (together), and nor in
one class (together), rather this is from amongst the greatest
causes of fitnah.
So it is not permissible for a male student nor a female student
to (free) mix like this for that which exists therein of much
fitnah.
As
regards extending the salaam,
then there is no harm for him to extend the salaam,
as is outlined in the Sharee'ah,
to her, so long as there is no display of any causes of fitnah.
And (likewise), there is no harm for her to extend the salaam
to him without shaking hands, because shaking hands between
the two ajnabees
is not permissible, rather the extending of salaam
should be from a distance with/in hijaab
and keeping far away from (all) causes of fitnah,
and without being alone (together).
So
the salaam,
as outlined in the Sharee'ah,
in which there is no fitnah,
there is no harm in (extending) this. As for extending the
salaam
to her in such a manner as to cause fitnah
or her extending salaam
to him in such a manner that arouses his desires and excites
him in that which Allaah has prohibited, then this is not
allowed in the Sharee'ah
(i.e. it is prohibited).
And
with Allaah lies (all) success.
Shaykh
Ibn Baaz
Fataawa Muhimmah li-Nisaa. al-Ummah – Page 229
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