Does khulwah (being alone with a member of the opposite sex) only refer to when a man is alone with a woman is some room, far from the view of people? Or does it mean every instance where a man is alone with a woman even if that is in view of people?.
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What is the khulwah that is forbidden?
Question: 21603
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
What is meant by the kind of khulwah that is haram is not only a man being alone with a non-mahram woman in a room where no one can see them, rather it includes their being alone in any place where they can converse with one another, even if that is where others can see them but not hear them, and whether that is in the open air, in a car, on the roof of a house, or wherever. Khulwah is forbidden because it is the forerunner of zina (adultery, fornication) and the means that leads to zina. Every case that is like this comes under the same rulings as khulwah in the sense of being away from where people can see you.
And Allah is the Source of strength.
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Source:
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 17/57
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