>>40157
>Except you've only talked about a man and a woman being alone together.
No i haven't, and I'll explain why
>That's not applicable to the telegram chats. According to Imam Malik a wife can for example sit and dine together with her husband and his male friends. Do they not talk with each other then?
you've already contradicted yourself lmao. you mentioned how she's with her HUSBAND in front of those male friends. she's not allowed to be at front of them WITHOUT her HUSBAND because her husband is her mehram. on telegram you don't see women with their husbands now, do you?
and also, i suggest you actually quote imam malik and see how he backs up his quote with the quran and hadith. did he even mention the etiquette of how the wife should be at front of them? you can't freely socialise between genders in islam.
now we got that out of the way:
1) quran 24:30-31 clearly states that both genders are to lower their gaze. you are NOT lowering your gaze in online mixed group.
2) this is further backed up with the hadith where the prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him) turned Ali's (may Allah be pleased with him) head away when he had his gaze set on a women. in have your gaze SET in online groups, especially seeing how much people openly show their face with filters and makeup in these groups
3) the prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him) enforced gender separation. why would this be necessary if they can apparently freely mix now?
>It is not proper for you to walk in the middle of the road; walk on the sides" of which then the women started to walk along the walls (Abu Daud).
4) this verse:
"Do not go near [non-Mahram] women.” A person inquired: “What about in-laws?” The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) responded, “The in-laws are death.”
lemme highlight "DO NOT GO NEAR [NON-MEHRAM] WOMEN. in mixed online groups you are doing the OPPOSITE. in-laws cant even freely mix, yet you think strangers are allowed?
5)if genders freely mixing isn't permissible irl, then it wouldn't be permissible online. just because they can't physically be there with each other doesn't stop them looking and communicating and listening to each other. so the verses discouraging genders freely mixing around would apply to online groups. and both irl and online, zina of the eyes, ears and tongue can still occur (and may even lead onto irl as it has many times)
6) Imam Abu Dawud and Imam an-Nasai relate from Sayyidatuna Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) that she says: “A women extended her hand from behind a curtain to hand a piece of paper to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). The Messenger of Allah pulled his hands back and said: “I don't know if this is a mans hand or a women's hand.” Aisha said that it was a women's hand.
the Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon) himself was involved in such gender separation, and if there was no need for such gender separation then there would be no need for him to do what he did in this hadith. on top of that he didn't correct Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), so we can infer that gender mixing is generally discouraged
7) regarding scholarly consensus and classical scholars, all this is addressed in the following links:
>https://islamqa.info/en/answers/59873/she-is-confused-about-the-answer-to-a-question-concerning-women-talking-to-men
>https://islamqa.info/en/answers/1497/manners-when-talking-to-women
>https://islamqa.info/amp/en/answers/113996
may Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ) guide us