What Are the Principles of Gender Interaction in Islam?

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What are the principles of gender interaction in Islam?

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I pray that you are in the best of health and faith, insha’Allah.
Here is an answer by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani explaining some of the principles of gender interaction in Islam, highlighting the balance of modesty, restraint, and positive interaction.

And Allah alone gives success.
wassalam,
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Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani spent ten years studying with some of the leading scholars of recent times, first in Damascus, and then in Amman, Jordan. His teachers include the foremost theologian of recent times in Damascus, the late Shaykh Adib al-Kallas (may Allah have mercy on him), as well as his student Shaykh Hassan al-Hindi, one of the leading Hanafi fuqaha of the present age. He returned to Canada in 2007, where he founded SeekersGuidance in order to meet the urgent need to spread Islamic knowledge–both online and on the ground–in a reliable, relevant, inspiring, and accessible manner. He is the author of: Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, and the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafi School (White Thread Press, 2004.) Since 2011, Shaykh Faraz has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center.