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               98  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (26): 91-106, Spring 2021


               mosque and said: “If we leave            These recommendations are
               this    door     for    women”;       all in terms of maintaining the
               (Sijistani,  2004,  Vol.  1:  180)    health  of  the  individual  and
               this means that the door should       society  in  terms  of  morality
               be  reserved  for  women  to          and spirituality and etc.
               travel  so  that  even  when
               entering or leaving the mosque,       Principle 6: Avoiding Privacy
               there  is  no  mixing  between        with Non-Mahrams
               non-mahram men and women.             The Holy Prophet quotes Iblis
                  In fact, the Holy Prophet as       as saying:
               the ruler of the Islamic society             Iblis  said  to  Moses:
               with  these  measures,  paid  full           “Never be alone with a
               attention  to  protecting  the               non-mahram        woman,
               society  from  moral  deviations             and     a   non-mahram
               and  sexual  corruption  and                 woman  should  not  be
               provided the grounds for strengthening
               social modesty.                              alone with you; because
                  In  order  to  prevent  women             no  man  is  alone  with  a
               and  men  from  colliding  while             non-mahram        woman,

               crossing  crowded  paths,  he                unless  I  personally  am
               ordered  men  to  cross  the                 their friend and companion”.
               middle of the street and women               (Kulayni, 2008, Vol. 19: 152)
               to cross the side:                       Since such areas are always
                      “There is no benefit for       the  field  of  Satan's  invasion
                      women in the middle of         and he tries hard to create the

                      the road; but to walk in       ground  for  deviation  on  both
                      the middle”. (Kulayni, 2008,   sides,  in  Islamic  law,  the
                      Vol. 11: 183 and 191)
                                                     solitude of a non-mahram man
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