Is Speaking to the Opposite Gender on the Phone Considered Khalwa?-Shaykh Abdul Rahim Reasat

Answered by Shaykh Abdul Rahim Reasat

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Is speaking to the opposite gender on the phone considered khalwa?

Speaking casually to someone of the opposite gender in person or on the phone has to be understood under a few guidelines. Check the video answer for further details.

Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat pursued Arabic Grammar and Morphology alongside his English and History degree. Post-graduation, he deepened his studies in Damascus, learning Arabic, Hanafi Fiqh, Theology, and more under notable scholars like Shaykh Adnan Darwish and Shaykh Rashad Shams. He continued in Amman, expanding into Tafsir, Hadith, Prophetic Biography, and other Islamic sciences, guided by teachers such as Shaykh Ali Hani and Dr. Hamza al-Bakri.