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?
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)