Mufti Ahmad Khanpuri damat barakatuhum Addresses Free Mixing in the Name of Deen
Click on the Above to Listen to the Audio Muftī Aḥmad Khānpūrī damat barakatuhum mentions in a response to one of the questions asked to him: Questioner: "These days people have started doing programs where men and women are seated in the same hall without a separation in between, and this is justified in the name of Da'wah. Even in some religious institutions and madaris, men and women now sit in the same room, with a barrier between them but with the instructor facing both. The people who do this say that people will stop coming if there is more proper gender separation, and they justify this by saying that this kind of set up does not fall under the prohibition of free mixing." Muftī Aḥmad Khānpūrī damat barakatuhum answers: "People like this will not be able to serve the Deen. People who have this kind of attitude that they can interpret things as they wish will end up disfiguring the Deen rather than serve it in any way. There is nothing really that can be sai...