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Minimum Age for Khalwa

Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

What is the age at which being alone with a girl becomes forbidden? Is it permissible for a man to be alone with a four year old girl? What about a seven year old?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate

A. It is forbidden to be alone with a girl once she is no longer a child (Ar. kabira), meaning when she is desirable to men of sound nature, even if she hasn’t reached puberty. Based on this, it is not forbidden to be alone with a four year old, as opposed to a seven year old, which is forbidden.

Amjad Rasheed

Amman, Jordan

(Translated by Moustafa Elqabbany and Hamza Karamali)

السؤال : ما هو العمر المعتبر للخلوة بأجنبية ؟ هل يجوز للرجل أن يخلو بأجنبية لها أربعة أعوام ؟ و هل يجوز له أن يخلو بمن لها سبعة أعوام ؟ الجواب : المعتبر في حرمة الخلوة بالأجنبية هو أن تكون كبيرةً بأن بلغت حداً تُشتهى فيه لذوي الطباع السليمة ولو لم تبلغ الحُلُم . وعليه فمن بلغت أربعَ أو خمس سنين لا تحرم الخلوة بها ، بخلاف من بلغت سبعَ سنين فتحرم الخلوة بها .

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