❖ Extracted from the book
✿ Parents Must Forbid Their Daughters from Being Alone with Non-Mahram Men ✿
Arabic Text:
عن عبد الله بن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
«لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهَا ذُو مَحْرَمٍ»
Translation:
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“No man should be alone with a woman unless she has a maḥram with her.”
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim – Kitāb al-Ḥajj – Chapter: A Woman's Travel with a Maḥram for Ḥajj and Other Journeys: 3272❖ Additional Hadith ❖
The following narration appears in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, Musnad Aḥmad, and others:
Arabic Text:
«مَا خَلَا رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ ثَالِثَهُمَا»
Translation:
“Whenever a man is alone with a (non-maḥram) woman, Shayṭān is the third among them (inciting them towards evil).”
◈ Key Points:
① Islam strictly forbids unlawful seclusion (khalwah) between a man and a woman who are not maḥram.
② Such seclusion paves the way for temptation and leads to sinful inclinations, as Shayṭān becomes the third.
③ Parents bear the responsibility of warning and preventing their daughters from situations of khalwah.
④ These rulings are preventative measures to preserve chastity and morality in society.
