What Do Scholars Say about Intermixing? - I

• Imaam Ash-Shaafi'i said in his book Al-Umm, "I do not like women to
be buried with men in a single grave as long as there is no necessity.
However, if this is necessary, then the man should be in front and the
woman in theback along with a separator of dust between them."
Imaam Ash-Shaafi'i hated mixing men and women even if they were dead
in the grave not feeling the presence of one another, so, what should
we say about college students who sit with the boy's thigh stuck to
his girlfriend's thigh while they are alive, with desire running in
their veins and each of them wants theother?
• Ibn Al-Qayyim said in At-Turuq Al-Hukmiyyah fi As-Syaasah Ash-Shar'iyyah:
Some Islamic jurists rightly stated that it is allowable for the ruler
(concerned authorities) to spoil the clothing of women
whoimpermissibly expose their adornment with ink or so if this is
suitable. This is considered the least financial punishment, as
theCommander of the Believers 'Umar ibn Al-Khattaab prevented women
from walking with men or intermixing with them in the roads.
Shaykh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said in Al-Fataawa (15/297),"Unlike the
man, the woman should be protected and preserved; hence, she was
specified with the command to wear the Hijaab (Islamic covering)and
refrain from showing her adornment before non-Mahram (marriageable)
men. Therefore, she, unlike the man, must abide in her house and must
abide by Hijaab, because the appearance of women without necessity
causes temptation, and men are in charge of them."
• Shaykh Ahmad Shaakir said,
Imaam Ahmad narrated on the authority of Umm Salamah that she said, "O
Messenger of Allaah, why are we not allowed to perform Jihaad (armed
struggle) like men? Why do we receive half the share of inheritance
available to males?" Thereupon, Allaah The Almighty revealed (what
means): {And do not wish for that by which Allaah has made some of you
exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for
women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allaah of
hisbounty. Indeed Allaah is ever, of all things, knowing.} [Quran
4:32]
Shaykh Ahmad Shaakir commented on this Hadeeth (narration) saying,
"This Hadeeth refutes the allegations made by the contemporary liars
who are keen on spreading immorality among the believers to be as
immoral as the non-Muslims. They encourage women to leave their houses
to enlist in the army,where their arms and thighs are exposed and
their front and back are shown, intending, in fact, to entertain the
young soldiers whoare deprived of women in the army; in imitation of
the dissolute Jews and Westerners, may the successive curses of Allaah
be upon them until the Day of Judgment."
• Dr. Saalih ibn Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan said in his book Rulings
Pertaining to Muslim Women:
Today, the enemies of Islam - rather, the enemies of humanity,
including the disbelievers and hypocrites who have a disease in their
hearts -- are embittered by the chastity and honorable statusof the
Muslim woman under Islam.
That is because the enemies of Islam want women to serve as a tool of
destruction and a trap by which they can seduce and prey on those who
have weak faith and those who have a perverted nature, after getting
her to fulfill their frenzied desires. Allaah The Almighty Says (what
means): {Allaah wants to accept your repentance, but those who follow
[their] passions want you to digress [into] a great deviation.} [Quran
4:28]
The Muslims who have a disease in their hearts want the woman to be a
cheap commodity displayed before lascivious ‎people. They want her to
be an object, exposed before their eyes so they can enjoy her beauty
or reach of her what is uglier than that.
That is why they endeavor to get the woman out of her house to work
side by side with men, or toserve men as a nurse in hospitals,a
stewardess on board planes, a teacher or professor in mixed schools,
an actress or singer in theaters, or a broadcaster in the mass media
where she would seduce men by her voice and beauty.
Immoral magazines have taken seductive ‎pictures of girls as a means
for promoting and marketing themselves. Similarly, some businessmen
and companies exploit such pictures to promote their products.
These conspiracies led women to abandon their natural and true duty
inside her house, which forced husbands to hire foreign female maids
to raise their children and take care of the affairs of their
households, and this has resulted in great evil and much temptation.

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What Do Scholars Say about Intermixing- Il

• Shaykh Ibn Baaz answeringthe advocates of permissiveness and
necessity of intermixing between the sexes:
In answer to the Director of San'aa' University, Abdul-'Azeez
Al-Muqaalih, who wrote an articlein As-Siyaasah newspaper in 24/7/1404
AH, calling for intermixing between the sexes ineducational
institutions, arguing that both men and women used to perform prayer
in the same mosque during the lifetime of the Prophet Shaykh Ibn Baaz
said:
There is no doubt that this call represents a serious violation of the
Islamic Sharee'ah (Islamic legislation), because the Sharee'ah does
not call for intermixing between the sexes but rather forbids it and
stresses such forbiddance. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means):
• {And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the
display of the former times of ignorance.} [Quran 33:33]
• {O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the
believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer
garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be
abused. And ever is Allaah Forgiving and Merciful.} [Quran 33:58]
• {And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and
guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that
which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their
head covers overtheir chests and not expose their adornment except to
their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons,
their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their
sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or
those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are
not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp
their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And
turn to Allaah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might
succeed.} [Quran 24:31]
• {And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a
partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.} [Quran
33:53]
There are many other verses in the Quran calling women to remain in
their houses for fear of temptation, as long as there is nonecessity
for them to leave the house.
It was narrated on the authority of Usaamah ibn Zayd that the Prophet
said: "I am not leaving behind me a more harmful temptation for men
thanwomen." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
It was also narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the
Prophet said: "The world is sweet and green (alluring); and verily,
Allaah is making you succeed each other, generation after generation
in order to see how you act. So, beware of this world and bewareof
women, for they were the firsttrial of Banu Israel." [Muslim]
It is known that when male and female students sit at the same desk,
this causes temptation, particularly when the female students do not
adhere to the Hijaab (Islamic covering). There was no intermixing
between men and women during the lifetime of the Prophet -- neither in
the mosque nor in markets; rather, rows of women were always behind
those of men. The Prophet said: "The best of the men's rows (in
prayer) is the first row and the worst ‎is the last; and the best
ofthe woman's rows is the last andthe worst is the first." The Prophet
also used to command his Companions to wait for a while until the
women had left the mosque. He also commanded women not to walk in the
middle of the road, and used to go to the women to preach to them
after the men at the conclusion of the 'Eed prayer because they were
at a distance, unable to hear the Khutbah (sermon).
• Shaykh Ibn Baaz also said in answer to Al-Jazeerah newspaper, issued
in 15/4/1403 AH, where some writers suggested mixed education in
elementary schools:
This is a very dangerous and evil suggestion. It was narrated on the
authority of 'Abdullaah ibn 'Amr ibn Al-'Aas that the Prophet said:
"Command yourchildren to perform prayer when they are seven years old,
and beatthem for (not offering) it when they are ten, and separate
them in beds." [Abu Daawood]
The Prophet commanded us to prevent boys and girls from sharing the
same bed after the age of ten because such intermixing may lead to
immorality.
• Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen was asked the following question:"I am a young
man from a rich family. I study at a mixed school and this helped me
establish shameful relationships with girls. I have committed many
sins and I want to know what I should do to get rid of my misery. Is
there repentance for me? What are the conditions of repentance?"
In his response to this question, Shaykh ibn 'Uthaymeen called upon
rulers to protect their people from the causes of evil and temptation,
particularly the Fitnah (trial) of intermixing between the sexes. In
addition tosincere intention and true determination, this can be
achieved through establishing schools, institutes, and universities
only for girls. Womenhave the right to learn just as men, but they
must be separatedfrom men.
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri reported, "A woman came to the Messenger of
Allaah and ‎said, "O Messenger of Allaah! Only men benefit from your‎‏
‏teachings, so please devote some of your time to us; a day onwhich we
may come ‏to you so that you may ‎teach us about what Allaah The
Almighty has taught you." The Prophet said‏: "Gather on such-and-such
aday at such-and-such a ‎place." They gathered and he went to them
‎and taught them what Allaah The Almighty had taught him".
[Al-Bukhaari]
This apparently proves that a special place should be dedicatedto the
education of women, sincethe Prophet did not tell them to attend with
men.
• Dr. Muhammad Ismaa'eel Al-Muqaddim said in his book 'Awdat Al-Hijaab:
The example of those who underestimate the matter of prohibited
intermixing between men and women under the pretext that they are
habituated to adherence to chastity and virtue, is that of a people
who put an amount of gunpowder near a lighted fire and then claim that
there will not be an explosion because there is a warning written on
the gunpowder that it should not burn. This is merely illusion that is
removed from reality because it contradicts the nature of things.
Those who invented intermixing are now suffering from its catastrophic
results and calling to have it cancelled.

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Sexual Drive

The enemies of Islam use sexual drive as a weapon to destroy the
Muslim Ummah. They regard the power and influence of this weapon as
more effective than a thousand assault rifles. Hence, they have
inundated us with showers of temptations and drowned us in the seas of
sexual desires.
They concluded that "You raise youths in Muslim lands that have no
connection with Allaah The Almighty. Hence, they become as we wish:
they do not care much for important matters, prefer rest and laziness
and their only concern is to fulfill lustful desires.So when they earn
any money or assume high positions, they do so only for the sake of
these desires." This is what they wanted all along. They found a lost
weapon in this sexual drive in order to exterminate us after they
could not do so in wars.
Their widespread trade among usbecome anything related to sex. Our
enemies realized that there isno means to destroy this Ummahexcept by
fighting this religion that calls for chastity, purificationand
modesty. Hence, the mechanism of their defamatory accusations against
Islam, its Book and verses is intensified by saying: It (Islam) calls
for suppression, impotence and resists emotions.
Strongest instinct:
The sexual instinct is the strongest instinct in humans. Allaah The
Almighty Made marriage the lawful means to satisfy this desire. Allaah
The Almighty Says (what means):#{And of His signs is that He created
for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them;
and He placedbetween you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs
for a people who give thought.}## [Quran 30:21]
Allaah The Almighty installed this instinct in human nature, man and
woman, in order to reproduce and multiply. Islam places regulations,
limits and rulings for this instinct so that human reproduction will
not be chaotic, lineages will be preserved from any confusion and
mankind will be protected from Satan and his schemes.
Views on sex:
The point of view of men and women to sex differs according to the
different stages of life. Sex has a special status in the lives of
young men and women despite their innocence, clarity and inexperience.
This is especially true when they proceed from thestage of childhood
to the stages of puberty, adolescence and then adulthood. They seek
the truth behind many unknown matters, want to be familiar with them
and desire to know what is done by the adults behind closed doorsAll
of them desire to have relations with the other sex.
As a result, they become obsessed with thinking about theissue of sex
and entertain taking the matter into their own hands. Many problems
may ensue if parents do not assume their role of guiding and preparing
their children for the new social role that they will adopt. Parents
should extend to their children scientific and religious books
thathelp culture them so that they have a better understanding of this
issue. And it is incumbent that parents think well of their children.
Treatment of this desire:
The youth should observe the Islamic principles and teachings. The
young woman should wear clothing compliant with the Sharee'ah. She
should be chaste and pure and avoid indecent mingling with men. She
should not spread temptations by displaying her beauty lest those who
have disease in their heart covet her.
Young men should be mindful of Allaah The Almighty and not gazeat what
Allaah The Almighty has made unlawful. They should avoid mingling with
the oppositesex and not witness displays thatarouse sexual instincts
such as pornographic films, photos in magazines, and other similar
forms of visual or printed mass media if it contradicts the Sharee'ah
of Allaah The Almighty.
Islam prescribed the treatment to release this desire in the hastening
of marriage for those who are capable. Otherwise, one should persevere
through obedience and fasting if incapable.
Sexual activity is viewed in a different manner after marriage since
it becomes a permissible right that is practiced in a way that pleases
Allaah The Almighty. Thus, there is no perversion or sexual deviation.
Etiquette for the Married Couple:
Islam provides much etiquette for the married couple that must be
observed during sexual intercourse in order to achieve the goal that
is hoped as a result of it. Some of these etiquettes are:
- To mention the Name of Allaah The Almighty before having
intercourse. The Prophet instructed us to say: ~"Bismillaah,Allaahumma
Jannibna As-Shaytaan wajannib As-Shaytaan ma razaqtanaa.' (In the Name
of Allaah, O Allaah, keep Satan away from us and from our
offspring.)"~~ [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
- Islam has safeguarded that the couple deals with each other in a
pleasant manner, show strong emotions and are gentle with each other
so that each can enjoythe other. This is in order to achieve chastity
for both and to satisfy their mutual desires.
- Islam encourages cleanliness and purification and that they adorn
themselves in dress and scent for one other.
- Islam encourages keeping this affair private between the couple and
that everything which happens between the couple during intercourse is
kept strictly between them.
Islam does not look down upon sexual drive as some people may think or
call for shunning it. There is no monasticism in Islam.Rather, Islam
views the sexual drive as a natural human instinct but sets etiquettes
and limits for it in a manner that guarantees itspurity and
consistency. Thus, the society of the Message (Islam) and Da'wah
(calling to Islam) remains pure and clean.

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Fathwa - Parents can marry off their slightly retarded son

Question
Can parents marry a slightly retarded son whois not in a position to
support his wife even though she accepts the marriage.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
, is His Slave and Messenger.
It is permissible to arrange the marriage of the insane man and those
who are like him such as the mentally deranged one. It may be even
obligatory on his guardian if he needs that. If he has no money to
spend from it on himself and his wife, then his father will be
obligated to spend on him and his wife. Ibn Qudaamah said in
Al-Mughni: " Whoever is obligated to keep him chaste is obligated to
spend on his wife because he cannot keep him chaste except with that.
It was reported that Imaam Ahmad said: 'The father is not obligated to
spend on the wife of his son. But, that is apparently if the son is
able to spend on her. "
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