Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 291 of 372
Prohibition of Meeting a non-Mahram Woman in Seclusion
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 291 : Ahadith 1628 – 1630
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
وَإِذَا سَأَلۡتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَٰعٗا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَآءِ حِجَابٖ
“And when you ask (his wives) for anything you want, ask them from behind a screen.”
[Al-Aḥzāb 33:53]
1628 `Uqbah bin `Amir (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Avoid (entering a place) in which are women (uncovered or simply to mix with them in seclusion).” A man from the Ansar said, “Tell me about the brother of a woman’s husband.” He replied, “The brother of a woman’s husband is death.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1629 Ibn Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “No one of you should meet a woman in privacy unless she is accompanied by a Mahram (i.e., a relative within the prohibited degrees).”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1630 Buraidah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The sanctity of the wives of Mujahidun (i.e., those who strive hard and fight in the way of Allah) for those who remain at home (i.e., those who do not go to the battlefield to fight Jihad) is like the sanctity of their own mothers. Anyone who remains behind to look after the family of a Mujahid and betrays his trust, will be made to stand on the Day of Resurrection before the Mujahid who will take away from his meritorious deeds whatever he likes till he is satisfied.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned toward us and said, “Now, what do you think (i.e., will he leave anything with him)?”[Muslim].