Is it considered impermissible meeting in private if a man is alone with two women?
My sister is engaged, but, unfortunately, she is not adhering to the due Islamic manners of engagement and I have advised her a lot in this regard. However, my sister does not ride with her fiancé alone in his car; I usually accompany them. Is it permissible for me to ride with my sister’s fiancé in his car without a Mahram man? How should I advise my sister in this regard?
A group of modern Muslim scholars have issued a fatwa stating that it is forbidden for a man and a woman to be alone in a car if they are non-Mahram and not married to each other, just as it is prohibited for them to be together in private in any other place; for their being alone together in the car may often lead to corruption of which only Allaah The Exalted Knows the consequences. Moreover, the majority of Muslim scholars believe that it is impermissible for a Muslim man to be in private with a group of women, aside from his Mahram female relatives. In fact, this is the most appropriate ruling for our time; since religiosity has become rare, temptations have prevailed, and ill desires are widely spread. Hence, it is forbidden for your sister to go out with her fiancé alone, even if you accompany them. Moreover, her father or her guardian should advise your sister and forbid her from committing anything that may lead her to falling into the abyss of sin. Undeniably, the fiancée is regarded as a non-Mahram woman for her fiancé until they get married; accordingly, it is impermissible for them to be alone together, and all other prohibitions regarding the intermixing between Muslim women and non-Mahram men apply to them. Furthermore, you should, dear questioner, continue advising your sister, seeking the help of righteous people to assist you in advising her, and offering her suitable pamphlets and tapes that handle such topics. Moreover, you should advise your sister kindly, choose the optimal and kind words, and offer her gifts so as to win her over by being kind and friendly to her. Allaah Knows best.
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